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>The impact on ocean life is not well understood, but we do know that plastic is already having a devastating impact on such life, and I have a hard time imagin
by ummonk 8y ago
>The impact on ocean life is not well understood, but we do know that plastic is already having a devastating impact on such life, and I have a hard time imagining this would be worse.
I can't tell whether this is satire or not. This seems to be the textbook example of "We've got to do something about it! At least they're doing something! What could possibly go wrong?"
I've come to be accustomed to much more technically astute posts at HN, and am pretty surprised by the kinds of comments I'm seeing in this thread. I guess the high quality technical discussion usually occurs when talking about software or theoretical fields.
- solarengineer 8y agoPer their technology explanation video, marine life would swim under or away from the boom. The impact is indeed not well understood. They are closely observing the first boom with the intention of iterating and improving. It doesn't appear to be destructive like an ocean trawler - the ill effects of which are very well understood and yet people continue to eat harmfully procured fish. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1EAeNdTFHU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1EAeNdTFHU