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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread
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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (25706)11/10/2009 4:49:24 PM
From: Maurice Winn2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 36917
 
As barnacles and other livestock and seaweeds grow on the floating rubbish, it should provide a good headquarters for swarms of fish.

Perhaps more rubbish should be put out into the gyres to provide nucleation sites for marine life.

Unfortunately, as barnacles and other heavy material accumulates, the floating will turn to sinking, so the marine life will have to keep looking for new bases. But perhaps constant topping up of the floating masses would provide a sustainable lifestyle for the marine life.

That photo shows nothing much of use for marine life, being barely bigger than a row boat. Areas of rubbish the size of Texas would be better, but they are apparently really hard to find, even when people go looking for them. Perhaps the problem isn't quite as large as is made out.

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