COASTAL CRISIS
COASTAL AREA - For more than a month, people across the Gulf Coast have been demanding that BP consider alternative methods for cleaning up the oil.
Now... BP is finally doing just that.
Channel Three's Bill Pearson shows us the wide range of options now being considered for our coastal clean-up.
Bill Pearson, "There are nearly a dozen new technologies being demonstrated here... All with the promise of improving the oil cleanup process up and down the Gulf Coast."
This is a product called Erosion Tech... It's an organic boom designed to absorb large amounts of oil as it washes ashore.
Josh Still/Erosion Tech said, "For shoreline, for beaches, we feel like we have a very viable, deployable solution with large resources and lots of capability behind it."
With all the concerns over the dispersants now being used in the gulf to break down the oil... Steve Wenzel of Green Life Technology says his company has a better solution.
Steve Wenzel/Green Life Technology said, "Anyway you can introduce our product, just like a common dispersant. We're just a new technology. Completely non-toxic, completely biodegradable... six hundred times safer than baby soap."
There were a couple of products focused on making it easier to remove oil from the water.
Boyd Eifling/Nature's Broom said, "You can see the burnt motor oil there, floating on top of the surface. Now, what I'm going to do is take a little bit of Nature's Broom and put on top of the oil. Now, what this allows us to do, we can vacuum the product, as you can see, we can move the oil at a much greater rate."
American Green Cross says their booms would be much more effective than the current absorbent boom now being used.
Christopher Smith said, "In 13 minutes, the foam had absorbed all of the oil from the catch release pan."
Scott C. Smith said, "I'm excited because there's no one product that's a miracle here. It's a combo of a lot of products."
Bill Pearson, "BP's scientists and environmental experts will now review each of the products they've seen out here... The vendors we spoke with are hoping for an answer in the next couple of weeks.
Now... BP is finally doing just that.
Channel Three's Bill Pearson shows us the wide range of options now being considered for our coastal clean-up.
Bill Pearson, "There are nearly a dozen new technologies being demonstrated here... All with the promise of improving the oil cleanup process up and down the Gulf Coast."
This is a product called Erosion Tech... It's an organic boom designed to absorb large amounts of oil as it washes ashore.
Josh Still/Erosion Tech said, "For shoreline, for beaches, we feel like we have a very viable, deployable solution with large resources and lots of capability behind it."
With all the concerns over the dispersants now being used in the gulf to break down the oil... Steve Wenzel of Green Life Technology says his company has a better solution.
Steve Wenzel/Green Life Technology said, "Anyway you can introduce our product, just like a common dispersant. We're just a new technology. Completely non-toxic, completely biodegradable... six hundred times safer than baby soap."
There were a couple of products focused on making it easier to remove oil from the water.
Boyd Eifling/Nature's Broom said, "You can see the burnt motor oil there, floating on top of the surface. Now, what I'm going to do is take a little bit of Nature's Broom and put on top of the oil. Now, what this allows us to do, we can vacuum the product, as you can see, we can move the oil at a much greater rate."
American Green Cross says their booms would be much more effective than the current absorbent boom now being used.
Christopher Smith said, "In 13 minutes, the foam had absorbed all of the oil from the catch release pan."
Scott C. Smith said, "I'm excited because there's no one product that's a miracle here. It's a combo of a lot of products."
Bill Pearson, "BP's scientists and environmental experts will now review each of the products they've seen out here... The vendors we spoke with are hoping for an answer in the next couple of weeks.
Monday, June 21 2010, 09:46 PM EDT
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