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re: Gulf of Mexico is apparently full of plastic waste
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:44 am to Bmath
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:44 am to Bmath
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Not without disrupting planktonic organisms. Doing such could have an impact on fish larvae.
Well, which has a bigger impact?
Would disrupting planktonic organisms but also removing a large percentage of plastic waste from that portion of the Gulf be a net positive or negative?
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Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:45 am to LSUBoo
Sounds like a next step for Dr. Benfield's research
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:47 am to VaeVictus
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I'm sure it must have some impact on wildlife.
If we give this research team a few million over the next ten years they will certainly find enough evidence to justify another 5-10 year study for a few million more.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:48 am to Bmath
Also probably more feasible to stop more from reaching the Gulf when it's much more narrowly contained in rivers than it would be to collect it all out in the open water.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:48 am to goofball
Am I misguided for caring more about this form of pollution, rather than supposed CO2 depletion of the Ozone?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:49 am to Black n Gold
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Am I misguided for caring more about this form of pollution, rather than supposed CO2 depletion of the Ozone?
Not at all.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:58 am to AwesomeSauce
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If we give this research team a few million over the next ten years they will certainly find enough evidence to justify another 5-10 year study for a few million more.
Why don't you stop by ECE 2271 and discuss your novel idea with Dr Benfield?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:14 am to goofball
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:15 am to AwesomeSauce
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If we give this research team a few million over the next ten years they will certainly find enough evidence to justify another 5-10 year study for a few million more.
This might actually be worth looking into, given its impact on Louisiana's seafood industry.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:18 am to Black n Gold
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supposed CO2 depletion of the Ozone?
What? You might need to do a bit of research...mixing two issues.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:19 am to LSUBoo
It is crazy that some major industrial manufacturing company hasn't re-scaled these, tweaked the design and started producing them to sell to governments. You'd make a fortune
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:35 am to MontyFranklyn
Only thing I throw overboard are bottles and cans.
Gonna have a solid artificial reef soon.
Gonna have a solid artificial reef soon.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:39 am to goofball
Plastic is awful. I wish we would stop producing it and use alternatives.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:39 am to CP3
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Only thing I throw overboard are bottles and cans. Gonna have a solid artificial reef soon.
Are you at least weighing them down first?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:40 am to Bmath
Cut cans in half
Fill bottles in water
Fill bottles in water
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:41 am to goofball
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Gulf of Mexico is apparently full of plastic waste
Water is wet.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:43 am to VaeVictus
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I'm sure it must have some impact on wildlife.
yeah, we catch fish offshore under the floating debris, it's great
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:43 am to Scooba
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Looks like a Kardashian.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:45 am to Chad504boy
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Looks like a Kardashian.
OMG it actually does looks like a Kardashian.
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 9:45 am
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:48 am to Bmath
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Why don't you stop by ECE 2271 and discuss your novel idea with Dr Benfield?
I believe have the right to be skeptical given the amount of "research" that has occurred at the tax payers expense over the last decade+. I'm sorry you are offended because you know the man and/or he is affiliated with LSU, but we spend enough in research. Let a private company do the research and present the state/federal government a solution. I'd much rather see taxpayer money spent on solutions than I would seemingly never ending research that either finds no solution or that more money is needed to research some more.
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