Continent-size toxic stew of plastic trash fouling swath of Pacific Ocean
3rd February 2008
Read it. How soon before it joins the United Nations, has riots because of insufficient American foreign aid?
“At this point, cleaning it up isn’t an option,” Parry said. “It’s just going to get bigger as our reliance on plastics continues. … The long-term solution is to stop producing as much plastic products at home and change our consumption habits.”
No, the long-term solution is for some bright entrepreneur to figure out a use for it and go mine it for materials.
These people have all the imagination of your basic Neanderthal grunter. “Uh. Big pile of plastic. Bet gods pissed at us for desecrating Mother Gaia. We really need to go flagellate ourselves and hope we all don’t die from something that’s out in the MIDDLE OF THE FARGIN OCEAN NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY except people with more education than sense whose goal in life is to butt their noses into the business of everybody who isn’t living the way they want.” Knock yourself out, cupcake.