Comments on: Sailing a sea of plastic in the North Pacific http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-04-16/environment/sailing-a-sea-of-plastic San Diego News Network provides breaking news and resources online including: travel guides, sports, hotels, restaurants, classifieds, and a business directory. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Stijn http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-04-16/environment/sailing-a-sea-of-plastic/comment-page-1#comment-17901 Stijn Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30:54 +0000 http://www.sdnn.com/?p=6133#comment-17901 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwtSRrnzDc a doc about the plastic sea MAKE PLASTIC BIODEGRADABLE TODAY We in the Netherlands in fact already make it, but its taxed just like normal plastic so we fail again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwtSRrnzDc

a doc about the plastic sea
MAKE PLASTIC BIODEGRADABLE TODAY

We in the Netherlands in fact already make it, but its taxed just like normal plastic so we fail again.

]]> By: ‘Shocking’ amount of plastic pollutes oceans http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-04-16/environment/sailing-a-sea-of-plastic/comment-page-1#comment-12522 ‘Shocking’ amount of plastic pollutes oceans Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:19:24 +0000 http://www.sdnn.com/?p=6133#comment-12522 [...] See related story: Sailing a sea of plastic in the North Pacific [...] [...] See related story: Sailing a sea of plastic in the North Pacific [...]

]]> By: Pocket Change: the cost of Indipendence Day http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-04-16/environment/sailing-a-sea-of-plastic/comment-page-1#comment-4795 Pocket Change: the cost of Indipendence Day Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:57:05 +0000 http://www.sdnn.com/?p=6133#comment-4795 [...] Sailing a sea of plastic in the North Pacific [...] [...] Sailing a sea of plastic in the North Pacific [...]

]]> By: Patty Watson http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-04-16/environment/sailing-a-sea-of-plastic/comment-page-1#comment-2045 Patty Watson Tue, 26 May 2009 16:04:43 +0000 http://www.sdnn.com/?p=6133#comment-2045 Why can't the plastic be retrieved from the gyre? Why can't we put a small tax on plastic and use the money to send barges out there to clean it up like we do for hazardous sites on land? Why not create a Superfund for the oceans? Why can’t the plastic be retrieved from the gyre? Why can’t we put a small tax on plastic and use the money to send barges out there to clean it up like we do for hazardous sites on land? Why not create a Superfund for the oceans?

]]> By: Sharon Quinlivan http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-04-16/environment/sailing-a-sea-of-plastic/comment-page-1#comment-1020 Sharon Quinlivan Tue, 12 May 2009 17:40:54 +0000 http://www.sdnn.com/?p=6133#comment-1020 So, let me get this straight...We're melting the poles, hunting the wild life into extension, burning the rain forests, fishing the oceans dry, frying the air and now there's a Texas-size-mostly-plastic island floating in the Pacific? That’s pretty much the gist of where we find ourselves, right? So who’s going to fix all this? Now, the last time I watched he news the political parties in the country I live in (USA) couldn’t even stand being in the same room long enough to decide who was will to sit next who, much less address just one of the above on a national level, never mind an international level. So? One more question if you don’t mind, and I’d sincerely love to hear from anyone who has a ‘based on tangible evidence’ answer. Should I believe that the people of the earth are going to actually do a collective ‘about face’ so to speak and save the for earth, or should I believe what the bible people that come to the door say, “god will bring to ruin ‘those’ ruining the earth”… better know as save the earth ‘from us’? So, let me get this straight…We’re melting the poles, hunting the wild life into extension, burning the rain forests, fishing the oceans dry, frying the air and now there’s a Texas-size-mostly-plastic island floating in the Pacific? That’s pretty much the gist of where we find ourselves, right? So who’s going to fix all this? Now, the last time I watched he news the political parties in the country I live in (USA) couldn’t even stand being in the same room long enough to decide who was will to sit next who, much less address just one of the above on a national level, never mind an international level. So? One more question if you don’t mind, and I’d sincerely love to hear from anyone who has a ‘based on tangible evidence’ answer. Should I believe that the people of the earth are going to actually do a collective ‘about face’ so to speak and save the for earth, or should I believe what the bible people that come to the door say, “god will bring to ruin ‘those’ ruining the earth”… better know as save the earth ‘from us’?

]]> By: Stephen Cline http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-04-16/environment/sailing-a-sea-of-plastic/comment-page-1#comment-763 Stephen Cline Fri, 08 May 2009 17:21:47 +0000 http://www.sdnn.com/?p=6133#comment-763 The least that can be done is passing legislation in the states (eventually, national) that bans the use of plastics except where they are absolutely essential for certain products. The least that can be done is passing legislation in the states (eventually, national) that bans the use of plastics except where they are absolutely essential for certain products.

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