Welcome to Garbage Patch State, Where Plastic Rules

[Old and In the Way]

By Ben Richmond


http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/welcome-to-garbage-patch-state-where-plastic-rules

Today in Paris, a new nation was born. In the modern way, the news reaches America via Facebook, with these historic words:

it is with great emotion that we announce

that today our Nation has been regognized (sic) at the UNESCO in Paris,

what since yesterday, was called a “territory” is now a Federal State

THE GARBAGE PATCH STATE.

The ocean-blue flag was flying in France for one nation, suspended in the seawater, made of tiny bits of plastic.

-> Much more at link



This really does fit the E/E Forum....perhaps a UN state recognition "federalizing" this area with a charter to "liquidate itself" by exploitatively selling off it's natural resources (ie plastic/paper productsother stuff) would jumpstart largescale harvesting opportunities?)



Interesting to have the Lat/Lon coordinates for the center and estimating Lat Lons for the outer edges of this trash mass....why is it that we haven't seen a Google Earth type app that would help scientists and business create viable solutions to harvest and reuse? We'd all benefit from addressing this issue now, rather than later.

I also have to think that this would further accelerate the warming of the Pacific Ocean where ever this mass floats to...such a mass would be a real heatsink for collecting the solar energy of the sun.