63,000 pounds of trash pulled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (usatoday.com) 15 points by rharris 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] anakaine 5y ago ↗ International problems require international units of measurement.28.5 tonnes. Basically one big semi trailer worth of a small continent sized problem. Keep the effort going! [–] throwawaysea 5y ago ↗ Thanks for putting that into context. I don’t want to be overly negative, but it feels like a small amount for a month long mission. Am I missing something? [–] sul_tasto 5y ago ↗ Per the article they are still in the testing phase, with plans to scale up.
[–] throwawaysea 5y ago ↗ Thanks for putting that into context. I don’t want to be overly negative, but it feels like a small amount for a month long mission. Am I missing something? [–] sul_tasto 5y ago ↗ Per the article they are still in the testing phase, with plans to scale up.
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 21.6 ms ] thread28.5 tonnes. Basically one big semi trailer worth of a small continent sized problem. Keep the effort going!