for the ignant and hand-wringers:
Re: Oil Spill on North Saskatchewan, and other MSM fallacies.
I see the MSM is out in full force tonight, spewing fallacies about the Husky Oil spill.
I once repaired an temperamental engine on a centre pivot irrigation system. A 460 Ford hooked up to propane and turning an 8 inch pump. This was in 1980, in SW Sask. One of the problems in measuring the amount of water that had been pumped onto the crop was that, after the pivot had gone by, it was impossible to walk into the field to read the rain gauge, because of mud in heavy gumbo. A standard glass rain gauge was being used. By the time the field had dried enough to walk over and read the gauge, the sun had evaporated some of the water in the gauge. A PFRA technician suggesting placing one inch of clear mineral oil in the gauge before starting the pump. The oil would stay on top of the water, preventing evaporation and allowing an accurate measure.
After I quit the farm supply job, I went farming. I had a section of land out in the boonies, away from the main farm. After a rain, the dirt road was impassible, and by the time I got out there, my rain gauge had dried somewhat. I used the one inch mineral oil trick for years. Even after a four inch downpour, I never once saw the oil and the water mix. The one inch line between the oil and the water was always crystal clear, and the oil stayed on top. Even a week after the rain.
Crude oil floats on water. Yup, a few ducks and loons may get soaked with oil. But oil does not sink to the bottom of a river. On farms, mineral oil and kerosene were often dumped on ponds and dugouts to kill mosquito larvae. As long as the water was being drawn through a pipe below the surface, the oil never contaminated the water to the farm. And that's where the term ''to pour oil on troubled waters'' comes from. More BS from the leftist mainstream media.
That oil-on-top-of-water trick also works to seal infrequently used plumbing traps like the floor drain next to the hot water heater. Dry P-traps are a common cause of sewer smells. Vegetable oil works in that case too.
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