09-11-2018, 09:45 AM
(07-28-2018, 07:17 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Plastic flotsam in the seas may have no obvious connection to global warming except as examples of trashing the planet. They have no obvious nutritive value to any forms of life (although some bacteria evolved to feed off nylon, a material introduced in the 1930s). Plastics that contain fluorine or chlorine that we take for granted (including Teflon and PVC) might never degrade except with the release of some very nasty substances.
Apparently, some bright young guy promoted a solution: a self-positioning floating boom and drop net that moves through the affected area and sends an "I'm Full" message to support ships every so often. The ships come, empty the net and send the boom on its way.
It will take years -- maybe decades -- but it should work.
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