Saturday, May 24, 2008

An ocean of garbage

Pollution is a much higher priority topic than climate change (to me at least), and one that has a much more concrete basis for understanding.
clipped from www.treehugger.com

The 78-ft. biofuel powered trimaran which recently launched a world record attempt to circumnavigate the globe in less than 74 days has run into an ugly mess. Captain Bethune, speaking from the Earthrace cabin said: "Our weather forecaster had warned us about this area of the Pacific. It's a giant rubbish dump of plastic and polystyrene the size of Texas, and we're currently on the southern tip of it."

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