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Pacific plastic soup grew 100-fold
France 24 /International News ^
| May 9, 2012
| France 24
Posted on 05/08/2012 7:06:17 PM PDT by Brandonmark
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To: Nifster
the story is from France....is that a legitimate news source???About as much as MSNBC
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posted on
05/08/2012 8:23:50 PM PDT
by
Brandonmark
(2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
To: iowamark
Excellent link, thank you.
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posted on
05/08/2012 8:38:37 PM PDT
by
Williams
(Nobama)
To: iowamark
Thanks for that link... particularly liked ths:
The studies have shown is that if you look at the actual area of the plastic itself, rather than the entire North Pacific subtropical gyre, the hypothetically cohesive plastic patch is actually less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas.
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posted on
05/08/2012 8:47:14 PM PDT
by
Brandonmark
(2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
To: Brandonmark
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posted on
05/08/2012 9:09:11 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: Brandonmark
And scientists warned the killer soup of microplastic -- particles smaller than five millimetres (one inch) I have a tough time takining any technical article seriously which can't do a simple conversion properly.
Five millimeters is a fifth of an inch.
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posted on
05/08/2012 9:42:23 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
To: Brandonmark
Today, scientists estimate the swirling mass of waste known as the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is roughly the size of Texas. So there's photos of this gigantic thing, right?
Right?
:: crickets ::
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posted on
05/09/2012 12:17:41 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(He who commands, must obey.)
To: Brandonmark
You’d think there would be a way to harvest all this readily usable hydrocarbon mass.
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posted on
05/09/2012 1:27:04 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Mitt! You're going to have to try harder than that to be "severely conservative" my friend.)
To: Vince Ferrer
[ This is why whenever I see a sea turtle, I tie a plastic bag to one of its arms, so they can go help pick this up. ]
OMG, I spit up my coffee....
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05/09/2012 8:55:40 AM PDT
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GraceG
To: HiTech RedNeck
[ Youd think there would be a way to harvest all this readily usable hydrocarbon mass. ]
Dump a bunch of powdered rust over it and cause an algae bloom boom over it and the algae will eat it and sink it...
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05/09/2012 8:59:07 AM PDT
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GraceG
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