Hawaii bans plastic bags at checkout

[derspiess]

So they are gonna force people to bring their own bags or they gonna use paper and fuck up the forests some more?

At least you can reforest; you can't replastic.  You see the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch lately?  Twice the size of fucking Texas.  And there ain't no trees trunks floating there.

Texas? You sure? 

I wonder if this patch is like the giant floating used condom reef that turned out not to exist.

[KRonn]

They should be giving extra plastic bags out instead of banning them. Create more jobs for the bag makers, else they'll be left holding the bag. 

[CountDeMoney]

So they are gonna force people to bring their own bags or they gonna use paper and fuck up the forests some more?

At least you can reforest; you can't replastic.  You see the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch lately?  Twice the size of fucking Texas.  And there ain't no trees trunks floating there.

Texas? You sure? 

I wonder if this patch is like the giant floating used condom reef that turned out not to exist.

Yeah, you would say that.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/09/11612593-study-plastic-in-great-pacific-garbage-patch-increases-100-fold?lite

[derspiess]

MSNBC?  Fine, I get to quote worldnetdaily.com & whatnot.

[KRonn]

That's pretty nasty, that garbage patch. We keep dumping trash in the ocean. Does anyone know if it's possible to cleanly burn trash, and if that's a good alternative to sea dumping?

[CountDeMoney]

MSNBC?  Fine, I get to quote worldnetdaily.com & whatnot.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0509/How-a-humongous-garbage-patch-in-the-Pacific-breeds-new-bugs-video

Here you go, fetus breath.  Feel better?

[The Larch]

That's pretty nasty, that garbage patch. We keep dumping trash in the ocean. Does anyone know if it's possible to cleanly burn trash, and if that's a good alternative to sea dumping?

Trash is not dumped into the ocean, it ends there for a variety of reasons.

[Caliga]

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0509/How-a-humongous-garbage-patch-in-the-Pacific-breeds-new-bugs-video

The photo of the house floating in the open ocean in that article is really neat.

[derspiess]

MSNBC?  Fine, I get to quote worldnetdaily.com & whatnot.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0509/How-a-humongous-garbage-patch-in-the-Pacific-breeds-new-bugs-video

Here you go, fetus breath.  Feel better?

That's better, though I suspect the "twice the size as Texas" thing is bullshit.  That wikipedia article said it was about the size of Hawaii, which seems more plausible.

We can't destroy it-- it's a perfect habitat for Halobates sericeus. 

[Ed Anger]

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