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2018-04-21 Science & Technology

The Revolutionary Giant Ocean Cleanup Machine Is About To Set Sail

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-21 01:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Liz Holmes rides again?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-21 05:08|| 2018-04-21 05:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Sixyears ago, the technology was only an idea presented at a TEDx talk. Boyan Slat, the 18-year-old presenter, had learned that cleaning up the tiny particles of plastic in the ocean could take nearly 80,000 years.
But, golly gee whiz, if you build an entire fleet of ships it could only take 4 to 5 years. Maybe. For varying assumptions on what the meaning of the word 'fleet' is.

Posted by magpie 2018-04-21 12:37|| 2018-04-21 12:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Krill, baby sea turtles hardest hit.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-04-21 14:36|| 2018-04-21 14:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I suspect the plastic will have broken down long, long before then.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-04-21 15:04|| 2018-04-21 15:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Instead of scouring the oceans, they could place trash collecting booms across a few major Asian rivers where 95% of the trash originates.

Posted by Thumper Hupinter3693 2018-04-21 19:04|| 2018-04-21 19:04|| Front Page Top

#6 across a few major Asian rivers where 95% of the trash originates.

Verrry unhelpful to make actual Americans feel guilty and strip them of freedoms and product choices and make them pay for it, which is the point

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-21 20:06|| 2018-04-21 20:06|| Front Page Top

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