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:o) Satellites can't see them. Google Earth can't see them. Orbiting space stations can't see them. But Wikipedia knows they're there. There's also the Sargasso Sea. It does contain floating debris but not much. Mainly seaweed and small, aquatic life hiding from predators.

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Maybe things haven't progressed o in 15 years?

From here:

https://searchengineland.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-on-google-earth-21333

"Google Ocean product manager Steve Miller emailed me this explanation earlier this year:

Regarding the availability of satellite imagery of the oceans: Unfortunately we haven’t found great sources of data for most of the open ocean because most imagery providers focus their efforts on the land. Where we do have satellite imagery for the ocean surface, we’ve preserved it in the most recent version of Google Earth and the satellite view in Maps.

For example you can still see trawling vessels in southeast Asia. There are a number of potential applications for such imagery, from amateur interest in finding ships to looking at off-shore oil platforms to locating illegal fishing vessels, so it’s certainly worth exploring how we could track down data for the rest of the ocean.

Regarding the gyre: the trash gyre presents its own set of challenges. Even if we had satellite imagery, the gyre likely wouldn’t appear in it. Most of the plastic is particulate and/or a bit under the surface so you can’t see it in the imagery.

A number of groups are starting to focus on collecting more data about the gyre via expeditions and sampling – we’d love to see one or more of them produce maps that could be viewed in Google Earth.

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When a monomer is polymerized, it becomes inert. I have a difficult time trying to figure out how a fully polymerized plastic (there are all kinds of things called plastic, by the way—from polymers, to rubber, to wood, to clay, to metals) can be "particle-ized" and become reactive. When I was a kid I swallowed all manner of indigestible substances that were simply flushed down the toilet. I don't believe any reports from environment fanatics—NASA, NOAA, Wikipedia or any of the captured NGOs and government agencies. I recall the infamous straw-in-the-nose-sea-turtle. I saw the video of the deliberate insertion. I remember the mysterious continent of plastic objects floating somewhere in some ocean that nobody could find. Yes, pollution is criminal especially in modern times. However, if there arises a movement to abolish giant pinwheels, I'm on board 100%. They, and solar panels, are the most dangerous and useless objets d'énergie ever concocted by the ruling oligarchs and their government partners.

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You're a super spreader of vitally depressing news. Or is it depressingly vital?

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Self-preservation is a grat motivator.

"Nobody wants the steenking vaccines" is becoming a global thing.

The censorship of the truth about the great climax scam means that people ca vote themselves out of energy poverty.

Deporting migrants that are soaking up the taxes meant to support ut less fortunate next..

Food and water security next - tackling the micro and nano-plastic threat.

Will that makes us all happy or just less depressed? My bet is that happiness needs the chance to flourish - big scialism (the Cult of Moloch) deies even that cfhance.

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"Africa gets its minerals gouged from the land and gets toxic wind turbine blades back as a thank you." Absolutely and it's time Africans began revolting against this, particularly those living amongst us and genuinely concerned about environment. We've seen muslims joining ranks with us to contest sex ed policies in our schools. It would be great if African diaspora started making a big fuss about this. I was volunteer migrant ed teacher for several years after retirement. I found the Africans I taught to be much more preoccupied about these issues than alleged racism issues in our countries.

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Yes. I have spent a fair amount of time in most of the sub-Saharan countries. They fight each other sometimes, with horrific outcomes - but they are some of the happiest and warmest people I have met anywhere - the strongest leaders seem to lash out at the bestial behaviour of white colonists in the past - rather than setting an example for everyone to follow that comes frm their in-built sense of right and wrong (the no-violent bit!). Good ad evil in everyoe - a race cannot survive with the bad leaders with their childish utopian ideals, based on corruption - like the WH/WEF/VMGF etc.

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Mar 19·edited Mar 19Liked by Peter Halligan

I hope there comes a day when people spray paint all the cameras and shoot down all the wind turbines, enough is enough.

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Agree but "people" = you & me and there's no way most of us would risk doing that. Also, no way to shoot down a wind turbine. You'd need to be expert in blockbuster/demolition techniques. So short of getting those people on our side, the only way we can prevail is by non-compliance and there are many ways to exercise non-compliance.

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What comes after C4? :>) ?

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not gonna happen

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