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10-27-2009, 01:43 AM | #1 | |
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Oct 27, 2009: Killer Plastic
We've discussed, here in the Cellar, the stories of huge amounts of plastic in the Pacific Ocean Gyre. Apparently most of the plastic breaks down into small pieces, making a "soup" just below the surface.
Well, not all of the pieces are small... Quote:
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10-27-2009, 02:50 AM | #2 |
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Plus, less obvious, the "sand" on the worlds beaches is in part made up of broken down plastic. Some research found up to 10% of the grains are actually plastic.
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10-27-2009, 04:33 AM | #3 |
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The bastards!
Death to plastic hording birds! Got a light buddy? |
10-27-2009, 05:21 AM | #4 |
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Dead albatros on the cellar, dead aspen on NPR, depressing start to the day and that's just the "A"s.
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10-27-2009, 06:29 AM | #5 |
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Don't you just hate it when you're eating a dead albatross chick, and you get a hunk of bottlecap stuck between your teeth?
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10-27-2009, 07:54 AM | #6 |
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Pretty sad statement.
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10-27-2009, 09:28 AM | #7 |
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Strange you don't see these images on the "power of plastic" commercials.
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10-27-2009, 09:43 AM | #8 |
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Yeah, I've been holding on to this for awhile, trying to figure out the best day for it. Too sad for a Monday, it's certainly not a Friday image, too important for a weekend. I just wish NPR would check with the Cellar first.
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10-27-2009, 03:28 PM | #9 |
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This IotD is depressing as hell. We human beings are filthy pigs.
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10-27-2009, 04:06 PM | #10 |
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Yeah, yeah, I know. I'd prefer happier things too, but some things are too important to ignore. Let's blame it on the Aussies, or the Japs, or maybe Aliens.
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10-27-2009, 05:30 PM | #11 |
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I thought we (Merkins, anyway) were blaming everything on China and Cuba. And Iran. Yeah, Iran.
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10-27-2009, 05:54 PM | #12 |
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Mebbe that evil-loution theory thingy is wrong ... albatrosses seem to be as good at figuring out plastic is not food as deer, squirrels, and opossum are about cars.
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10-27-2009, 06:10 PM | #13 | |
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Quote:
Those that do not, cannot. The young who fail to use the information, never grow old enough to pass on said information. It's a slow process, but nature is slowly killing off the less-able-to-adapt.
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10-27-2009, 06:52 PM | #14 |
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What we need here is an ad campaign:
"Plastic - Albatross tested, albatross approved! Hundreds of thousands of albatross can't be wrong!" Yeah, that's what we need.
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10-27-2009, 07:52 PM | #15 |
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Hey, there's my lucky green lighter I lost at the beach last year. Thanks for finding it!
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