New Oil Spill Clean Up Method, Guess What?
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There are many conventional ways to treat oil spills, both at sea and on land, but some of the strangest include human hair and chicken manure.
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But does Brilliant have a course on reversible computation?
It was a barber who came up with the idea of using human hair to clean up oil. I remember seeing a news story about it on one of the major networks years ago.
Same thing Dude this is the first time in a while. I’ve seen scishow late to the party.
I wouldn't say they are late to show. Not everything that they talk about has to be so recent, and since they are talking about a range of various types of oil clean up, the ideas didn't all come up at the same time.@@davinbrown3072
Did this guy keep a bucket of hair in his garage for oil spills?
He was barber and while watching news of an oil spill, he noticed like otters and such who swam in the oil getting all that oil in their hair, so he thought he could put the hair from his shop to good use. He experimented by getting a kiddie pool and putting oil and water in it. He then put hair in nylon stockings and tied the stockings together and put it in the pool to see if would absorb the oil. He then pitched the idea to some university I think (can't remember).@@korbindallas4552
I've seen them in use!
ABsortion vs ADsorption might be confusing verbally, but makes sense if you think of adsorption as a portmanteu of adhere and sorption
Like your adductor and adductor muscles.
@@CWorgen5732 Maybe try that one again
That makes sense for the ad but not so much for the ab unless I'm not understanding
@@TheTyutyu3Because it's wrong. Both cone from latin, "adsorbere" to pull something to you and "absorbere" to swallow something
Tornado Warning vs Tornado Alert 🤔?
Small correction/addition: peat moss is the semi-fossilized stuff dug up from under bogs. It's very unsustainable. Sphagnum moss is the live plant that turns into peat moss when it dies and decomposes in a bog.
Peat moss is just dried peat that is mainly composed of sphagnum and it's sourced from bogs because sphagnum moss is a keystone species for bogs. To fossilize it would need to be trapped under layers of sediment for about 60 million years, slowly turning into lignite. But yes draining peatlands to harvest peat is a big no no
It's not partially fossilized, it's partially decomposed. Over time with pressure, peat eventually turns into lignite, which is the lowest grade of coal. But that is a different process from fossilization, where the organic material is replace by mineral over time.
Natural peat is an unsustainable fuel source due to its low accumulation rate. However "peat moss" as a term can mean both sphagnum moss, or peat composed of sphagnum moss.
@@BreadCancer you explained that so much better than I could have. Thank you! Are you in geosciences by any chance? I've been taking a few geol classes but my major is environmental sciences... I'm debating switching over so if you have any advice I'd love to hear it!
I heard about the hair idea way back when the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was being cleaned up in the Golf of Mexico going on 15 years ago. But by the time I had heard about it, the organization that was collecting hair had said they already had too much and stopped accepting more for a while.
golf⛳
I know my barber was collecting garbage bags full of floor sweepings at the time. Clippings are much better than long hair as they have more surface area.
@@omatic_opulis9876 I have ADHD and dyslexia among other things. Be grateful my comments are as readable as they are.
The Golf of Mexico is the name of a semi-racist mini golf course in South Carolina
@@PBurns-ng3gw Bet im going
If hair works, would feathers work? I've seen what waterfowl look like after swimming through oil spills... maybe make feather dragnets?
Perdu got you on a scholarship yet?
I'm also wondering about sheep's wool that isn't good enough to be used for clothes.
@@BloodAsp Chicken slaughteries have a lot of leftover feathers as byproduct, I'd imagine. So why not do something with those?
@@rolfs2165 to be clear, it was a compliment. Perdu farms chickens. They would stand to profit from this.
@@rolfs2165i think the lanolin in sheeps wool might mess w the ocean, plus sheep wool unless its cleaned is actually pretty oilly near the sheep skin, this is why we sheer em since they dont have mountains to rub out on to sheer themselves, otherwise theyd get rashes, but maybe youre right! the already treated stuff thats scrap, or even maybe scrap clothing? good idea ❤
Those seabirds do seem to soak up some oil.
been loving the new backgrounds recently. fun and pleasing to look at but not distracting
You forgot the mushrooms!!!!
Paul Stamets demonstrated the use of fungi to clean up land based oil spills!!!
I remember an Australian show about 20 yrs ago called The New Inventors that did what was on the label. They had a guy on there making hair booms for oil spills. Certainly not a new idea
Is there anything oyster mushrooms won’t do for us? It’s also used (sterilized) as building insulation.
Learned new things about the peat moss and chicken poop but it was very funny to have the human hair mats phrased as a new thing when every salon I've gone to in the last decade sent off their hair for this.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To poop on the oil spill and save the environment!
Real swell of that chicken, I tell ya
Thanks Tangents for the scishow episode idea!
Yeah... Tell that to the vegans
@@soulsbourne Using Human hair would be vegan. It shouldn't be THAT difficult to organize some sort of collection agency for castoffs from barber shops/ salons.
On an epidsode with Mike Rowe, he visited a hair museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
It was because of that epidsode I later learned about someone else, collects donated hair to help with oil spills, and did try to help with that one big oil spill in the Gulf.
But yes, the issue was on how to collect the hair as it begins to sink.
booms with floatation devices. Check every day and replace as needed.
If there are microbes in chicken poop that consumes hydrocarbons, has anyone tried to use it to decompose (safely) plastic? Even if it takes a long time, it needs to be done.
But would ingesting liquid plastic rather than microplastic be less harmful? Liquid plastic ingredients might even pass into organs that microplastic cant due to its molecular size.
@@pheart2381they're not suggesting that we feed plastic to chicken. They're suggesting we try to bury it in chicken poop.
For certain plastics we have already found microbes/enzymes that digest them, it's just a problem of scale and cost.
Some examples: Wax worm enzymes can break down polyethylene, and mealworms styrofoam.
There's an artificial strain of e. coli that breaks down PET, and a different microbe that can digest nylon.
And some fungi that eat polypropylene.
@@pheart2381 the plastic would be broken down and recycled in dedicated facilities, not out in a field where it ends up in food and water.
@feuerling I think you covered a thing that is easy to forget about if you're not (professionally or as a hobby) particularly interested in materials: plastic is not equal to plastic.
Plastic materials that look essentially identical can have very different recycling methods, pollutants during manufacturing, environmental dangers if improperly disposed, ...
I couldn't visually tell a PE yoghurt cup from a PS one, but as far as I know it makes a big difference in recyclability, so I look up any new brand I try and try to avoid PS ones
now give us methods to spill oil
Can of oil + foot
Ship
Oil companies already got that covered, no need to worry about it.
There's an interesting Video by tom scott about fish oil And tides
Step one: Trust BP
What about feathers from poultry processing plants, and wool from sheep?
I think sheep wool is already naturally kind of oily? So maybe it would be able to pick up less?
I was gonna suggest fast fashion!
@@TiggerIsMyCat You can wash it out. Lanolin (wool fat) is actually used in pharmaceutical cremes and such. That's also why wool clothes need special detergents that add back some lanolin.
Not mention that under belly wool isn't used for spinning. I believe that under chin wool also isn't used for spinning due to length. There are companies that use wool waste to create blown insulation that is more efficient than fiberglass insulation. And for anyone wondering, wool is naturally fire retardant. My sister was researching this when replacing the insulation in the attic.
@@asmith8692 fire retardant - that's why my campfire blanket is 100% wool. Don't feel like turning into a flaming ball of polyester if a spark flies the wrong way
I never thought calling a process chicken sh*t would be a good thing.
Isn’t the joke chicken but
It’s supposed to be, “Guess what? chicken butt!”
A clarification: A boom seems more like containment than actual cleaning. Right?
Does it have to be human hair? How about fur shed from huskies and golden retrievers? I contend that if there were collections for the fur of these animals, we could get a lot more of it a lot faster.
Every hair salon should have a 'recycle' bucket to collect hair for this. Make the oil companies pay for shipping.
Immediately after watching this video I shaved my head and replaced my hair with a combination of peat moss and chicken poop. It's possible I missed the point.
That icon transported me back to middle school 😂
This has been available for a decade. The reason it’s not used is because nobody makes money selling it, like when you sell plastic booms! Saying that the hair might sink is an excuse! Often they add chemicals to force the oil to sink to the bottom to contain it.
Agreed, if hair sinks and peat moss floats, and they both clean the water, why not weave it together or something! They could make matts with hair, moss, and like someone else suggested feathers. That's too simple though, and renewable, and wayy better for the environment!! And the rich get keep getting richer...
I think it’s lesser known because of corporate greed. Those shady oil companies cause a spill through negligence and they get a monopoly on fixing it.
Milkweed, the plant that mornarch eat is a great oil spill cleaner.
Thank you for reminding me I need to buy some seeds.
There is a saying in Turkish usually to ungrateful husbands or children. I made my hair a broom for you. Now we can do it literrally.
Your comment reminded me of Fantine from Les Miserables. She cut off her hair to make it into sweater for her daughter.
What about wool that is unsuitable for garments?
What about Coconut Coir (the kind that is used in composting toilets). It’s pretty absorbent! But it may also absorb water just like peat moss.
So no chicken?
Oh yay chickens
Chicken poop
The title... the thumbnail... you didn't... 😮
Does coco coir work well too, instead of peat moss? More sustainable
It’s funny when you spot a change of thumbnail
Denny's waffles should be used for absorption. Have you seen the way they suck up all that syrup!
Too much air, not enough Waffle! Jk I know it needs air bubbles
Hello. I'm doing a graduate work on this theme (cleaning oil spills ;)
Great thumbnail humor
Rapunzel, Rapunzel we need you
Yes yes the breakdown of oyel in contaminated soyel (I'm sorry your accent is totally valid it's just really funny for me for some reason)
I feel proud to say that I already knew this!😁😁 but I love sci show videos anyway
I’ve been using Cherokee hair tampons for years
I have been wondering how/where I can donate my hair specifically for oil spills for a while now. Any organizations in Canada?
2:54 "plan a head" i c wut u did there
Thanks...
I know I’ve used wool to clean up small oil spills on my property. And while quite a lot of human hair probably goes to waste and could be used for this, there’s far more wool that goes to waste every year. Sheep HAVE to be shorn every year, producing anywhere from 3-14 pounds each, and a lot of this just goes to waste.
Then combine hair nets with boom floats. And hire some people with textile experience to trouble-shoot the weaving and texture viability. Just because a type of hair isn't that good at adsorption doesn't mean it can't be used in mats that absorb instead.
TIME FOR THE STRATEGIC HAIR RESERVE CAVE.
Yay New Video!
Now I'm just thinking about a lonely human hair somewhere in the middle of the ocean, completely stressed out for all eternity.
"I could _totally_ be touching less water right now 😓"
Interested in knowing what you call synthetic clean up of oilspill?
Best method to use and spill less oil
I saw the thumbnail and I thought, "throw all the chickens into the ocean to soak up the oil? I know that can't be right"
I've seen a commercial way back about Native American hair and how it's so absorbent.
Yea
Hi! I'm here to throw off your experiment's data collection!
When I clicked on this video and added it to my "Watch Later" list, it was "chicken butt." I am now watching it when it is "wet hair woman." Neither thumbnail had any influence on my choice to watch this video. I am subscribed and watch most of your videos, generally ignoring only the ones which are compilations.
There is a company that already does the hair mat thing.
Dish soap works wonders as well
I wouldn't try that in the ocean
Nice.
So what happens to the oily hair after that? Where does that go?
Can the hair and peat methods be combined to increase efficiency?
hellooooo, just here to say matter of trust has locations all over the world and donations can even be picked up near your house!!
0:17 I read the title but I literally thought that was a painting until I noticed the grass (currently redecorating 😅)
I like the new set
Worth reminind everyone that even the most cleaning we can manage still leaves a LOT of damage. Birds that even get touched by oil will be toxified (cleaned birds usually die within a month)
Peat moss bogs are one of the best carbon sinks we have, so if we have to pick, def go human hair. But please, let's try to speed transitioning off oil ASAP
Based on my floors, vacuum, and drains, I seem to be capable of producing and endless amount of 3' long hair. What is their asking price
Birds - particularly sea birds - seem to soak up a lot of oil when they are victims of an oil spillage. Could we not use feathers in the same way as human hair?
yes
Hi Stefan!
I once lived in an area that was experimenting with using chicken poop as a farm fertilizer. WORST STENCH EVER.
I hear Lindsey Graham may have predated SciShow in advocating that environmentalists put their heads into an oil spill, but I suspect that may have just been a colorful southern metaphor on his part.
Pet hair can help too - i know of a plce that takes hair donations to make mats
What about torrefied straw pellets?
Someone: You are chickens***
Me: at least I can clean up oil spills then.
mycelium aka mushrooms for sills on land.
That background makes me feel uncomfortable.
Saved By The Bell - The Existential Anxiety Years
I thought it was either that or bill nye the science guy😂
Me too. Looks like a stylised representation of a vaginal infection.
@@SeptemberMeadows and that’s enough internet for me today
😂
I liked the south side of a north bound chicken shot better. :P
What about mycoremediation for terrestrial oil spills?
so how much hair do you need to clean up 800k liters of oil spilled into the sea?
I’ll take the thumbnail as the answer
Ayyy I remember this Tangents fact
I tried to google it but it just gets more confusing. On one hand hair absorb water (up to 30%), on the other hand hair are hydrophobic. So if I understand it correctly, unwashed hair have a thin protective layer that makes them hydrophobic to some extent, but when you wash them, the layer disappears and hair take water in.
Though it still doesn't seem to explain why rain droplets actually soak in, rather then slip down the hair and fall down without leaving any wet spots.
What is with the hair and water relationship? Can someone explain it?
There is a lot of variability depending on how open the cuticle is (from damage or just naturally) and I think time in contact with water might also be a factor, so the longer it is the more it swells and that opens the cuticle too. So dry undamaged hair is pretty hydrophobic, wet damaged hair not so much.
I don't see why you compare hair floats to booms. Isn't booms a containment system, while the hair floats is a collection method? So, don't they have to be used together anyway?
IS THERE ANYTHING THE HUMBLE CHICKEN CANNOT IMPROVE??
Chicken butt thumbnail was better, sister and I lold
Ah! I always wondered how it was possible for fatty hair conditioner to actually stick to the hair when it's all wet and oil-free from the shampoo.
At the beginning of the video, I thought the thumbnail was pointing to chicken’s feathers to use them like hair.
Peat moaa sounds like a horrible idea. Peat beds are an important carbon sinks
Oil spills demand immediate attention is the thing. Peat beds will recover in time.
What is oil made of?
@@dasstigma That's not what that means.
CHICKEN BUTT!
Guess what?
I wonder if we can convert dog hair into the same thing since some breeds shed so much ❤
Chicken poop! Never would've imagined!
This is great and all, and I'm all for it, but shouldn't the best oil spill clean up method be not spilling oil? One of the best ways to do that of course being to reduce our dependence on it via reduction of use. Perhaps there is a video about best ways to reduce fossil fuel use, like designing cities around people rather than cars, encouraging use of walking/cycling or public transport, insulating homes and encouraging vegan diets. There probably are better ones, but these are the ones I could think of.
This was a thing years ago...
I'd suggest trying the "flushable" baby wipes that clog sewage-treatment filters.
dang what happened to sound? its so scratchy and "painful" xD Had to drop the volume to 1% or so to have it bearable. Others are fine, but this one's weird, its like it misses all the bass.
I heard that rejected hair donations (they don't get accepted for wigs) go to cleaning oil spills.
dawn ad with oil spill
I wonder if anyone has tried to use bird feathers? Duck and goose would likely work best but they have value, but maybe chicken feathers as a meat byproduct?
My hair Could clean it up but I'm not the one who caused the leak. That's the crazy super duper ultra rich oil people
Peat moss has tripled in price at Home Depot and Lowe’s just over the past two years.
Bird feathers soak up oil pretty well too for similar reasons. 😈
If I miss a day shampooing, I prove this hypothesis.
My hair isn't greasy I just cleaned up an oil spill
This whole subscription thing is based on trust. I subscribe and I trust that you don't randomly throw chicken butts on my front page.
See that was foolishness on your part. Had you never seen anything Hank Green has ever been a part of? 😂
Rubbing hair in your eye - after it has gotten 🌶️ in it - will remove the chili oil from the eye too!