Pretty sure that the floating ocean of garbage is a big, fat lie.
Pour some kerosene on it and let ‘er rip. It is just some pesky hydrocarbons.
Same! “The great pacific garbage patch” is supposedly bigger than the state of Texas. But when you ask for someone to show you on a map where it is, NO ONE CAN. So, they’ve had to go to “micro-plastics”. You know, so small that you can’t see them! But trust us, they’re there!
“Pretty sure that the floating ocean of garbage is a big, fat lie”
Yep, for one thing, salt water destroys everything it touches, even petroleum and petroleum products. An entire ship will can be destroyed in a century.
I sailed through the North Pacific gyre in 2012. Want to see what it really looks like?
Truth is, the amount of trash in the oceans is appalling. We noticed it on our first crossing in 2007. In 2012 we were asked to make observations, record and report. It's not getting better.