A continent of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean

[eyer]

I'm going with 'unaware or uninformed'.

Thank God for the dictionary, huh?

So...

...who are more possible to "convince" than those who don't now know anything about an issue you proclaim to already know all about?

Who but the ignorant are more ripe to be taught?

BTW:

How large is this "continent of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean"?

 

[warrior queen]

Thank God for the dictionary, huh?

So...

...who are more possible to "convince" than those who don't now know anything about an issue you proclaim to already know all about?

Who but the ignorant are more ripe to be taught?

BTW:

How large is this "continent of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean"?

Ffs, I've already stated that I don't agree with how they describe it.
You really should check posts before you get all snarky and stuff

 

[Paendragon]

The truth about the "continent" of trash can be found here children, you can sleep tonight:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110104151146.htm

I'm not particularly good at math, but at less than 1% the size of Texas, based on the 268,596 square miles that make up Texas, that would still mean that we're talking about over 1,000 square miles. Probably somewhere between Rhode Island and Delaware.

That's fucked up.

 

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[derpybody]

derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp!

 

[Derpmael]

derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp!

derp.

derpmael

 

[phrodeau]

I know, let's just keep going like we're doing until the growing amount of plastic overtakes the shrinking amount of ice.

 

[Paendragon]

And there is this from the same source:

Another way to look at it, White said, is to compare the amount of plastic found to the amount of water in which it was found. "If we were to filter the surface area of the ocean equivalent to a football field in waters having the highest concentration (of plastic) ever recorded," she said, "the amount of plastic recovered would not even extend to the 1-inch line."

It is not an insignificant amount of crap in the water but hardly anywhere near continental size. Another gross exaggeration so common to the environmental movement.

Hyperbole aside, that's still a lot of shit floating in the ocean.

The thing that annoys me about these arguments is twofold. The fact that the exaggeration of the environmentalists gives opposition to something like ocean pollution, and also the will of the opposition to dismiss it because it's only the size of an island instead of a continent.

 

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[derpybody]

derrrrrrrrrp!

 

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[Sean Renaud]

I don't dismiss it out of hand but I do object to the exaggerations. There's another big load of crap coming our way from the Japanese earthquake disaster too.

So can we allocate some tax dollars to unfucking this or should we ignore it because blind shrimp can't see it anyway?

Ultimately that's what this comes down to is whether it something we can and should ignore or if it's something we aught be working towards a solution too.

 

[eyer]

6. "over 1,000 square miles. Probably somewhere between Rhode Island and Delaware."

5. "less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas."
4. "nearly the size of Alaska"
3. "twice the size of Texas
2. "twice the size of the continental U.S."
1. "3 to 7 Spains, and its growing!"

 

[koalabear]

and all of you keep drinking out of plastic bottles, shame, shame.

 

[shoulderblade]

So can we allocate some tax dollars to unfucking this or should we ignore it because blind shrimp can't see it anyway?

Ultimately that's what this comes down to is whether it something we can and should ignore or if it's something we aught be working towards a solution too.

That is pretty well the bottom line. I can't see hauling stuff out as you would have to fight the currents that are bringing it in and then you would have to find somewhere to put it all. Getting rid of it in situ would seem to involve some sort of biodegradation by agents we presently don't seem to have.

Looks to me like an opportunity for genetically modified microbes. Unlike GM food no one (at least human) will have to eat it.

First of all get some accurate data on the situation. Please!

 

[Liar]

6. "over 1,000 square miles. Probably somewhere between Rhode Island and Delaware."

5. "less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas."
4. "nearly the size of Alaska"
3. "twice the size of Texas
2. "twice the size of the continental U.S."
1. "3 to 7 Spains, and its growing!"

Twice the size of Texas IS nearly the size of Alaska, you dolt. 1, 3 and 4 are pretty much the same size. Just using different stuff for comparison.

5 and 6 are also the same thing.

So your list is three items long.

And they refer to three different things.

"twice the size of the continental U.S." is the total stretch of the North Pacific Gyre. The area in which the Garbage Patch resides and moves around with the currents.

"twice the size of Texas" (and the others) is the total area of affected waters at any given time - drifting plastic dispersed in water with various density.

"less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas" is, as far as I can tell, the total area if you were to scoop up all the plastic and lay it out on the ground. The article the claim came from is a little fuzzy on what it actually refer to.

So please stop being silly.

 

[Liar]

and all of you keep drinking out of plastic bottles, shame, shame.

I dump mine in the Atlantic, so this is not my fault.

 

[butters]

Twice the size of Texas IS nearly the size of Alaska, you dolt. 1, 3 and 4 are pretty much the same size. Just using different stuff for comparison.

5 and 6 are also the same thing.

So your list is three items long.

And they refer to three different things.

"twice the size of the continental U.S." is the total stretch of the North Pacific Gyre. The area in which the Garbage Patch resides and moves around with the currents.

"twice the size of Texas" (and the others) is the total area of affected waters at any given time - drifting plastic dispersed in water with various density.

"less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas" is, as far as I can tell, the total area if you were to scoop up all the plastic and lay it out on the ground. The article the claim came from is a little fuzzy on what it actually refer to.

So please stop being silly.

^ the reason to always read blue squirrel

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

How many tuna and dolphin do you figure die from plastic poisoning every year?





Remember the flotilla of rubber duckies?

Talk about your ecological disasters! We let our kids BATHE with those things...



I wonder what the depth of the ocean is just underneath plastic, so that we use VOLUME as a measurement instead of surface area, so that we're actually talking about the ocean. I'd rather talk about Waterword and salvage, I mean, let's face it, if the plastic were concentrated enough then in the off-season, fishermen would be hauling it in to sell..

 

[fair_warning]

Nobody counts Australia.

Errr..wrong you dumb fuck, some of us do.

I don't dismiss it out of hand but I do object to the exaggerations. There's another big load of crap coming our way from the Japanese earthquake disaster too.

Face it, you guys are just shit magnets

and all of you keep drinking out of plastic bottles, shame, shame.

Exactly....

 

[phrodeau]

6. "over 1,000 square miles. Probably somewhere between Rhode Island and Delaware."

5. "less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas."
4. "nearly the size of Alaska"
3. "twice the size of Texas
2. "twice the size of the continental U.S."
1. "3 to 7 Spains, and its growing!"

Twice the size of Texas IS nearly the size of Alaska, you dolt. 1, 3 and 4 are pretty much the same size. Just using different stuff for comparison.

5 and 6 are also the same thing.

So your list is three items long.

And they refer to three different things.

"twice the size of the continental U.S." is the total stretch of the North Pacific Gyre. The area in which the Garbage Patch resides and moves around with the currents.

"twice the size of Texas" (and the others) is the total area of affected waters at any given time - drifting plastic dispersed in water with various density.

"less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas" is, as far as I can tell, the total area if you were to scoop up all the plastic and lay it out on the ground. The article the claim came from is a little fuzzy on what it actually refer to.

So please stop being silly.

There are five oceanic gyres filling up with floating trash. They are different sizes.

http://5gyres.org/

 

[eyer]

Twice the size of Texas IS nearly the size of Alaska, you dolt. 1, 3 and 4 are pretty much the same size. Just using different stuff for comparison.

5 and 6 are also the same thing.

So your list is three items long.

And they refer to three different things.

"twice the size of the continental U.S." is the total stretch of the North Pacific Gyre. The area in which the Garbage Patch resides and moves around with the currents.

"twice the size of Texas" (and the others) is the total area of affected waters at any given time - drifting plastic dispersed in water with various density.

"less than 1 percent of the geographic size of Texas" is, as far as I can tell, the total area if you were to scoop up all the plastic and lay it out on the ground. The article the claim came from is a little fuzzy on what it actually refer to.

So please stop being silly.

There are five oceanic gyres filling up with floating trash. They are different sizes.

http://5gyres.org/

So...

...get back to the thread when you bozos decide which size this "continent of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean" actually is, huh?

 

[Sean Renaud]

OR you could tell us that it's not important and we should ignore it.

 

[eyer]

OR you could tell us that it's not important and we should ignore it.

Dork:

You have a difficult time enough posting what you think...

...let alone worrying yourself about what anyone else actually thinks.

I don't give a sh!t if you think it's important or not, nor do I care if you think it should be ignored or not...

...you drive a car, you contract with multiple pollution producers for your comfort, your carbon footprint is humongous compared to the norm of the world's population, and yet you choose to pose as some environmental champion?

Thanks for that friggin' laugh...

...playgrounder.

 

[Sean Renaud]

When do I pose as an enviromental champion?