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Chuck Grassley's Oil Spill Solution Includes Using Beer Ingredients To Clean Slick
(Thanks to Peter Metrinko)
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" You can put those microscopic things on oil and they die, and all you've got is some methane gas left."
Can we try it on Sen. Grassley first?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 11, 2010 at 09:17 AM
If we all just went there on a Saturday night and belched in the same direction, things should be fine.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 11, 2010 at 09:29 AM
Beer ingredients dumped into the gulf? By God, I won't stand for it!
Posted by: Mitch | June 11, 2010 at 09:31 AM
"those microscopic things"? Good to know he's got a handle on the complex science stuff...
Posted by: Allen at Division | June 11, 2010 at 09:53 AM
Isn't that scientific enough Allen?
Posted by: nursecindy | June 11, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Anyone remember the Cuyahoga River? Because one of these will clear it up, but not in a good way.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 11, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Well, if I knew all the details of everything I propose, I'd probably never open my mouth.
Wait..
Posted by: Steve | June 11, 2010 at 10:39 AM
They'd better hop to it.
Posted by: Lairbo | June 11, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Maybe all we need is a bunch of drunk guys to pee in the ocean.
Posted by: Braniff | June 11, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Jeff
Sen. Grassley is mostly methane gas already!
Posted by: Old Coot | June 11, 2010 at 11:21 AM
And this Iowa State grad wants ISU in the Big(11)Ten?
Posted by: oneblankspace | June 11, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Oh brother.
So in addition to the cleanup costs of the existing mess, and a dramatic upcoming spike in gas prices thanks to Obama's six-month moratorium/shutdown of further drilling in the Gulf, we can now expect prices of beer to go through the roof as well so we can't even afford to drown our freakin' sorrows?! Because they'll be dumping the ingredients into the Gulf instead?!
Fortunately, I'm a whiskey drinker. Time to stock up on Jim Beam and Evan Williams...
Posted by: Wes S. | June 11, 2010 at 12:06 PM
"It might be that someone tried to explain this to him and used the yeast/beer thing as a metaphor and that's what he was able to remember."
All Chuck heard was "beer."
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 11, 2010 at 01:27 PM
Too late to send him to Washington.
Posted by: Mazarlarry | June 11, 2010 at 04:21 PM
i'm sure he tested this experiment personally before he went public with this information....
jus' sayin'
Posted by: rick the ick | June 12, 2010 at 12:26 AM
If they did that it might cause Guam to tip over and sink, right? Maybe there needs to be an admission test to the congress and senate.
Posted by: ken in sc | June 12, 2010 at 04:13 PM