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Plastic-Bottle Boat to Sail
nationalgeographic ^
| October 7, 2009
Posted on 10/07/2009 6:29:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Plastiki, a 60-foot-long (18.3-meter-long) catamaran made of more than 12,000 plastic bottles, will soon ply the Pacific Ocean to increase awareness of environmental problems.
David de Rothschild wants to deliver a message in a bottle.
The British environmentalist is building a very special boat to sail from San Francisco to Australia. Dubbed the 'Plastiki', the 60-foot catamaran is made almost entirely from plastic bottles.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: sailboat
To: JoeProBono
What happens if it falls apart mid-voyage, thus polluting the seas with hideous plastic bottles?!? [/sarc]
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:31:54 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: JoeProBono
I hope he glues all the caps on!
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:33:43 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: JoeProBono
Good lord those people are annoying.
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:34:22 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: JoeProBono
Pretty neat engineering but I guess he won’t see the irony if it breaks up in a storm and sends 12,000 plastic bottles floating all over the ocean.
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:36:26 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: OneWingedShark
PROTOTYPE
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:36:36 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: mamelukesabre
DINGY
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:38:42 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: mnehring
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:40:07 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: OneWingedShark
Liberalism is a mental disorder. They see the wonders of plastics and things like energy or privately developed pharmaceuticals and they want to attack it.
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:41:21 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(pos approval rating -11)
To: OneWingedShark
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:45:11 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
To: JoeProBono
Can I assume that this euro-enviroweenie is a member of the banking Rothschilds??
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:55:55 PM PDT
by
ccc_jr
(Don't Tread on Me)
To: JoeProBono
Good luck with the Craptiki. This guy is not Jack London.
This thing is held together with glue made of cashews and sugar. So it a giant oceanic jawbreaker.
When the ocean takes enough licks of this thing, it is going to fall apart like recovering crack addict denied of coffee and cigarettes.
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posted on
10/07/2009 7:02:38 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
10/07/2009 7:08:55 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
To: combat_boots
Check the background. No garbage in sight. Quite a dump! I don't doubt that there is a large amount of trash out there, but they make it sound like you can walk on it...
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posted on
10/07/2009 7:34:12 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(Liberals are always one genocide away from Utopia.)
To: JoeProBono
KONTIKI
BIODEGRADABLE
To: caveat emptor
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posted on
10/07/2009 7:56:48 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
To: caveat emptor
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posted on
10/07/2009 10:04:29 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: OneWingedShark
What happens if it falls apart mid-voyage, thus polluting the seas with hideous plastic bottles?!? [/sarc]Wow! Post #2 and it's exactly my first thought. I wouldn't have labeled it sarcasm though. If it does break up they will have deftly deposited 12,000 plastic bottles in the ocean.
Has anyone else thought that the enviro-wackos are the biggest threat on the planet to the environment?
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posted on
10/07/2009 10:34:17 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Everybody knows it's a spotted dog...)
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