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Second garbage patch the size of Texas discovered in Pacific Ocean
To put that in perspective, it's just like Texas.
I care for Mother Earth. Not for the humans who created that garbage.
How the hell do you clean it up?
Now that's a serious question?
Can all the damage to our living room be repaired?
Damn! There's one thing I don't know
How the hell do you clean it up?
Now that's a serious question?
Yes, it's a serious question. I want it all cleaned up, and I am willing to pay a tax for that.
Humans have no right at all to destroy this planet.
CA government full of redistributors who haven't produced a single thing, but shackled the most productive people with tax shackles.
Who will clean that up? Who will pay? Who is responsible? Think China will pay a penny?
CA government full of redistributors who haven't produced a single thing, but shackled the most productive people with tax shackles.
Who will clean that up? Who will pay? Who is responsible? Think China will pay a penny?
Californians will pay. We pay more more for every fucking thing. No big deal, just send us the bill and add some commission for the politicians.
How the hell do you clean it up?
Now that's a serious question?
Yes, it's a serious question. I want it all cleaned up, and I am willing to pay a tax for that.
There are at least two ways, potentially cheap by government standards.
The traditional way would hire fishing fleets during off season to trawl the surface with big nets. Fish for trash, pay per ton.
The nifty new way would use smaller solar-powered drone scavenger boats. Figure 1,000 units, working whenever the sun shines and idling otherwise, picking up trash and bundling it either to sink or to transport to central collection points. Put these in the Navy budget as part of patrolling the Pacific: constant 24/7 surveillance, video of each item in case it might have intelligence value or be part of a missing plane, etc. Even if each scavenger drone costs $1MM, the total would add up to less than half the average cost of one ship in current planning.
Either way, it's mainly a matter of political will, and would cost less than government wastes on bad ideas and boondoggles.
The nifty new way would use smaller solar-powered drone scavenger boats. Figure $100k per unit, 1,000 units, working 12 hours/day, picking up trash and bundling it either to sink or to transport to central collection points. Put these in the Navy budget as part of patrolling the Pacific: constant 24/7 surveillance, video of each item in case it might have intelligence value or be part of a missing plane, etc.
And to go further, put the trash in a barge that can incinerate the trash using solar energy.
This is in one place in one global ocean.
What's happening everywhere else.
We already know that patnet is a trash dump! rofl
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/garbage-patch-south-pacific-texas-size-discovered-11730144.php?ipid=articlerecirc&cmpid=twitter-desktop