Go to YouTube > search for "Vice" > search for "plastic in ocean" documentary. Become incredibly depressed. Open a bottle of fav beer. Consume. Feel less depressed. Sober up, think about said documentary and how many particles of plastic (6 million tons per year) is put into the ocean. Become depressed again.

What a shitty state of affairs we are in as we all need and use plastic every day. It's toxic, and it doesn't breakdown beyond tiny particles...and we are all consuming it when we eat fish. Fark :(

Discuss? (mind the typos, posting from phone)

Normally I don't press depressing shit on MS unrelated to music. But this is one of those topics I'm looking for further insight/opinions on.

Re: Plastic. What a bummer.

[URL]http://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-student-develops-ocean-cleanup-array-that-could-remove-7250000-tons-of-plastic-from-the-worlds-oceans/[/URL]

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I don't need to watch this documentary to know how much humans suck.

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^that made lol, thx Jenks. @Banned, that's good stuff, gives hope at least.

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1100346]I don't need to watch this documentary to know how much humans suck.[/QUOTE]

Very true.

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My company cleans the sewer and storm water drain all over South Africa via high pressure jetting and then CCTV the lines with rovion cameras.

South African are dirty dirty people with no conscience for the environment and the damage we do

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AUS biggest polluters in the world per capita!

Dinosaurs were just unlucky the planet got fucked up...we are fucking it up for a quick buck.

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[QUOTE=thebanned1;1100344][URL]http://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-student-develops-ocean-cleanup-array-that-could-remove-7250000-tons-of-plastic-from-the-worlds-oceans/[/URL][/QUOTE]

The 19 yr olds idea in action (video): [URL="http://elitedaily.com/news/world/19-year-old-figured-out-how-to-clean-up-the-pacific-ocean-garbage-patch-in-just-10-years/624099/"]19-Year-Old Figured Out How To Clean Up The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch In Just 10 YearsElite Daily[/URL]

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Another update:

[video=youtube;hmPHBhYaCR4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPHBhYaCR4[/video]

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^ God Bless Him!!!! awesome kid!

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Well that was a short lived optimistic feeling - [url="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29746880"]BBC News - Science chief warns on acid oceans[/url]

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Have to stay optimistic that necessary changes will be made so it'll all be ok.

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Ugh

[video=youtube;JByRORCIOZQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JByRORCIOZQ&list=PLelbJSOUpxx6iVnZQo8euYcf hI6l-IM-M[/video]

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you're pissing me off FL... pretty much daily. :evil: why you gotta post this stuff? come on.............

where's our 'keep the faith,' optimistic, 'we're all in this together,' innovation & inspiration, solution-oriented floridaorange?

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Look, everything's going to be alright! despite garbage, plastics, sorrow, loneliness, funerals, gov stupidity, etc. really.... IT IS!! But, you have to believe. [that's your pep talk for the day] :D

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[video=youtube;eZyL-FZ4lOU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZyL-FZ4lOU[/video]

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[URL="http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2013-10-cruise-ships-flushed-more-than-1-billion-gallons-of-sewage-last-year"][U]FOE.org is an organization to join/support.[/U]

http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2013-10-cruise-ships-flushed-more-than-1-billion-gallons-of-sewage-last-year[/URL]

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[video=youtube;OZapr22hwoE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZapr22hwoE[/video]

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That plastic CD you threw out the window though...

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Thanks Jenks. And for the record, I do pickup trash from lakes whenever i visit one. It's too bad I acted out of anger that day, hopefully the street sweeper grabs it, or trash cleanup crew. It was on an elevated highway (off the ground). Anyway, I thought it was a good documentary - the first 30 mins or so, i plan to finish the rest later.