So how many of us have actually made the suggested phone calls to seed
companies demanding their corn, beet, and chard seed be tested, or no more
seed orders from us?
> Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 13:03:31 -0400
> From: cschampagne@gmail.com
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fwd: Hair to help
>
> Why are we sending these emails around to ourselves?
> Send suggestions to BP, or whoever can actually do something about the great
> ideas being presented here!
> Keeping the information within a small Yahoo group is very inspiring, but
> not helpful, it would seem to me.
> No criticism intended, just the next step for getting something to actually
> get done.
>
> Thanks for all the great ideas!
> Carolyn
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Steven & Margaret Eisenhauer <
> eisenhauerdesign@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Is it feasible to get empty supertankers in the gulf to skim oil off the
> > surface to be refined? I imagine floating mats with intakes just below
> > the
> > surface pumping oil/water mixture into their holds for removal as a first
> > response to decrease the volume of loose oil before it hits beaches. I am
> > sure the refineries can handle a water oil mixture given the technology
> > that
> > is being used on oil sands in Canada where currently a good share of our
> > gasoline is now coming from. BP is saying weeks to months before they can
> > get a handle on the well head, which could mean catastrophic quantities of
> > oil spilled with possible contamination of the Gulf Stream.
> >
> > Steven Eisenhauer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence F.
> > London, Jr.
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:50 AM
> > To: permaculture
> > Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fwd: Hair to help
> >
> > Angela Manno wrote:
> > > Hi Friends,
> > >
> > > This horrific disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may be eased by the use
> > > of hair mats and oil metabolizing mushrooms, something that I know
> > > many in permaculture have spoken about as a remedy to oil spills.
> > > Well, if there were ever a time to mobilize such an effort, this is
> > > it. Please read below and respond.
> >
> > This is good info but the rest of the hysterical biased political crap
> > you posted is not appropriate for this list, especially that wonderful
> > Facebook link, not to a FB page but to a place where the newbies can get
> > stuck with getting their profile info shared with many people they do
> > not know. A heads up to FB users about this.
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