Solar Impulse Pilot: 'I Flew Over Plastic Waste as Big as a Continent'

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/36518-solar-impulse-pilot-i-flew-over-plastic-waste-as-big-as-a-continent

As the Solar Impulse 2 made its historic 62-hour flight from Hawaii to California without fuel, pilot Bertrand Piccard personally saw the horrific amount of plastic in our oceans.

While flying above the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Piccard sent out a tweet to Boyan Slat, the 21-year-old founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup.

“I flew over plastic waste as big as a continent,” Piccard wrote. “We must continue to support projects like @BoyanSlat Ocean Cleanup,” referring to Slat’s ambitious project of ridding the world’s oceans of plastic trash.

[progressoid]

1. Photos.

Seriously. People need to see it to believe it.

Then maybe they'll get motivated.

[FBaggins]

2. Particularly since the claim is hard to believe

Hyperbole has its place, but the smallest continent (Australia) is close in width to the entire length of his flight over water.

There's no chance that his claim is anywhere close to accurate.

[truebrit71]

3. My thoughts exactly....

Show us the damned photographs and then maybe people will start to give a damn....

[sylvanus]

4. Hilarious....

I hate to poop on Solar Impulse 2's parade. But it is kinda funny that the dude is complaining about plastics, flying in a plane that I presume contains plenty of ....Plastics.