Plastic Bottle Catamaran Crosses The Pacific Ocean 56
The Plastiki, a catamaran made with plastic bottles, has completed a 8,000 mile trip between San Francisco and Sydney. Captain David de Rothschild said, "The Plastiki is literally a metaphorical message in a bottle about beating waste and reducing our human fingerprints on our natural environment." The boat will go on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum for the next month.
Nyaargh! (Score:5, Funny)
literally a metaphorical message in a bottle
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In the immortal words of Manny Calavera... (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:That's impressive (Score:3, Funny)
When I lived in the bay area, I used to take a 17 ft Bayliner up the delta on weekends. After finishing a 12 pack a beer with a friend, we decided that, instead of heading up to Sacramento, we would just take the boat out on the bay.
It happened to be a very windy day, albeit warm.
I thought we were gonna die. By the time we got back to the marina in Suisun, the boat had well over a foot of water inside.
Re:That's impressive (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly you've never been attacked by one of the Giant Squids that swallow ocean liners. The Pacific is not as safe as it seems. Why do you think people are dumping all their trash in there? Too lazy to get to China? No! They're too scared to stay on the ocean any longer! And it's a new attack technique to polute their habitat to kill them off!
Re:Better Recycling (Score:2, Funny)
Why do these guys always make me think of "this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl".
Re:That's impressive (Score:1, Funny)
i wouldn't congratulate him on anything. he's not a philanthropist he's a propagandist. multinational corps(ie old money) buy the local water companies, etc. bottle the water, mark it up then tell you how you're killing gaia, and brainwash you into accepting taxes/rationing, etc. on the air and/or water you need to live, and use the revenues to further solidify their stranglehold. all while we applaud their benevolence.