Massive islands of floating earthquake debris heading across the Pacific to North America

[JohnyCanuck]

Run time: 02:37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgKc-gbJ-yk   Posted on YouTube: April 10, 2011 By YouTube Member: 91177info Views on YouTube: 100   Posted on DU: April 10, 2011 By DU Member: JohnyCanuck Views on DU: 2460

 

[Scuba]

1. Two square kilometers? That's a huge garbage island....

...expect the Republicans will propose that it be used as a place for the poor.

[bluedave]

3. Maybe Trump

will buy and rent it out.

[Mrhyde719]

7. 2 million square kilometers

thats alot of trash

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. A radioactive floating island at that, says the video.

[GreenStormCloud]

6. Maybe radioactive, but really not likely.

The media loves to hype stuff.

[AtheistCrusader]

10. Most of the debris was swept well offshore before the Dai-ichi plant had it's first explosion.

So, this stuff is probably not very radioactive. It'll be carrying some fallout, but it was not exposed anywhere near as much as the surrounding countryside in Fukushima Prefecture was.

[ReggieVeggie]

4. And there will be bodies in the flotsam

it will be a horrible thing to have to clean up, assuming the radiation wouldn't kill or sicken any of the crew

[MBS]

5. No surprise, but, still: WOW

This will have to have significant effects on the ecology of the north Pacific ocean

[mike_c]

8. Malarrimo Beach is going to be VERY interesting in a few weeks....

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[Hassin Bin Sober]

12. There might be some good pickin' if you can get past the severed feet.

Might be time to buy waders.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Safes-cash-wash-up-on-Japan-apf-3921189077.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

[gtar100]

9. We need a fleet of garbage collector ships to pick it up and move it all to a safer location.

But hey, that would take an investment in planning and mobilization of our best engineers and shipyard workers. And in these days, in which everything has to be done for profit, it's unlikely to happen - or even be considered.

Humanitarian and environmental issues just aren't profitable enough for corporations. It's less costly (for them) to just let the whole thing play out.

Now if governments actually cared about sustaining life and keeping the environment clean, we could all pool a small portion of our money together - taxes - to help in cleaning this mess up. But I'm just dreaming. Silly me. The rich just don't want to be bothered by such things. They'll just move somewhere else if they have to.

Could you even imagine a republican caring about the environment enough to want to do something about it? Now that's an absurdity.

[Lars77]

11. There's already a gigantic garbage field floating in the pacific

Mostly plastic from the US.

Funny that THIS is what makes people worry.