Great Pacific Garbage Patch 3939 Responses

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Out of context: Response #7 [Jan 27, 12, 10:30 a.m.]

• detritus

  As much as I might be disgusted by the ideas of oceanic rubbish gyres, the image you've posted (and, to a degree, the ones in the article) are NOT representative of the reality.

  That kind of reality would be relatively easily to deal with - get some fishing boats out, scoop it all up - hey presto.

  Sadly, the bulk of pastic in these gyres isatomised into so many tiny particulate pieces that the horrorifying reality is that we can do fuck all to upt the genie back in the bottle.

  • < avec le post original– detritus1/6

    fucking hell, I really need to start checking my posts... 'horrorifying'? Great word, but total nonsense.– detritus2/6

    There is tons of shit floating too so the photo does represent a piece of the problem.– dbloc3/6

    I agree though...the problem is a lot deeper than just some shit floating on top of the water.– dbloc4/6

    Aye, don't get me wrong - i entertain a fantasy of staying on the Marshal Isl. to help clean up - even if it is a ...– detritus5/6

    ..relatively useless drop in the ocean, so to speak.– detritus6/6

  

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