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LloydChristmas
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you're not going to hear about this on the news
#7986929 - 02/06/08 02:14 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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mikeytro
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: LloydChristmas]
#7986940 - 02/06/08 02:15 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I read all about this in the book: the world without us
its a fucking shame and depressing
can the human race redeem themselves? only time will tell
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minesstudent
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: mikeytro]
#7987090 - 02/06/08 02:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't know... Kind of makes me proud. Humans are awesome.
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Gr8fulJ420
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: mikeytro]
#7987095 - 02/06/08 02:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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from the OP's article:
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"Every little piece of plastic manufactured in the past 50 years that made it into the ocean is still out there somewhere," said Tony Andrady, a chemist with the US-based Research Triangle Institute.
edit--added the quote
Edited by Gr8fulJ420 (02/06/08 02:54 PM)
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mikeytro
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: Gr8fulJ420]
#7987167 - 02/06/08 03:05 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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and it will be out there for a very very long time unless we do something about it plastic degrades horribly slow
the book I mentioned previously also had a section how that the number of pastic particles floating in the water/in sand has increased 10 fold in PPM dont know the number sadly
which means that it passes through almost all marine life
the toxicity and long term effects of it arnt known yet cant be good
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Cowgold
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: LloydChristmas]
#7987193 - 02/06/08 03:09 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Marine life should make better use of plastics. Evolve or darwin will fuck them hard.
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Skunk420


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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: LloydChristmas]
#7987231 - 02/06/08 03:16 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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That is pretty sad alright...I'm just glad there are no pictures, I just though eating.. This is news to me, I never even knew about it until now.
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razmablues
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: Cowgold]
#7987321 - 02/06/08 03:36 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Cowgold said: Marine life should make better use of plastics. Evolve or darwin will fuck them hard. [/quote
that'll for sure happen, but lotssssssssssss of species will be done for in the meantime, fucking humans.
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JonnyOnTheSpot
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: LloydChristmas]
#7987388 - 02/06/08 03:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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that's pretty gross and disgusting. humans should just start dumping all their garbage in antartica. it's pretty useless anyway. we need giant sea worthy garbage barges for that to be realistic though.
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Irradiated_Feces
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: JonnyOnTheSpot]
#7987524 - 02/06/08 04:29 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Can't we just rebuild iraq with plastic? come on haliburton think outside the box.
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Skunk420


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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: Irradiated_Feces]
#7987549 - 02/06/08 04:35 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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thats fucking funny!
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JacquesCousteau
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: LloydChristmas]
#7987587 - 02/06/08 04:44 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I know this isn't going to sound like the most nature-friendly solution, but my American roots tell me we should net that shit up and then weight the nets down to the sea floor. Sure, we'll lose some sea life in the nets, but it's one of those "kill some, save millions" situations...
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CosmicFool
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: mikeytro]
#7987606 - 02/06/08 04:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
mikeytro said: can the human race redeem themselves? only time will tell
I don't think so. Not unless we move to another planet and turn this one into a nature preserve.
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BurningBeard
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: Skunk420]
#7987613 - 02/06/08 04:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I remember when I was younger how I used to piss all over anything environmentalists said. I took that sort of attitude that we wouldn't see long-term effects in our lifetime.
I was so wrong.
I'm not gonna go scream green peace or anything, but Christ, are we so pathetic as a race?
And what kills me most is the ready willingness to turn a blind eye to it. That's painful. Sweep it under the bed. That makes it clean.
Man... we've got the mentality of a five year old told to clean his room.
Fucking shameful.
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awesomebastard
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: BurningBeard]
#7987625 - 02/06/08 04:55 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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O my god humans are just way to stupid to survive with apposable thumbs.
I dont know if anyone saw the movie idiocracy, but alot of rings true which is why its one of my favorites.
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: LloydChristmas]
#7987635 - 02/06/08 04:58 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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dutchmushroom
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Re: you're not going to hear about this on the news [Re: 0xYg3n]
#7987694 - 02/06/08 05:10 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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doom and gloom, doom and gloom,
peace out Dm
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