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Re: To burn it?

brian whatcott wrote:

There was a moment of truth in dealing with foundering oil tankers,
some years ago when the British attempted to bomb a tanker into
flames. The spillage was multiplied.
An effective means of swabbing up the mess is rolls of hair -
human hair works well - which wicks up surface oil contamination.
The rolls are squeezed out and returned to service.

In this case oil spots are already far away from the lost tanker. The
oil would probably burn on the surface, if it could be ignited.