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The feasibility study was, to be blunt, horseshit. As I stated at the top, they are very good at getting the media to buy their bogus claims. Here are some art

by cultus 8y ago

The feasibility study was, to be blunt, horseshit. As I stated at the top, they are very good at getting the media to buy their bogus claims. Here are some articles written by actual marine scientists and engineers regarding this project: http://www.deepseanews.com/tag/the-ocean-cleanup/ http://www.deepseanews.com/tag/the-ocean-cleanup/ I'd read this one, which is a quite entertaining criticism of their prototype from an actual oceanographer who is skilled in the field and knows what she is talking about: http://www.deepseanews.com/2016/06/the-ocean-cleanup-deployed-a-prototype-and-i-honestly-have-a-lot-of-questions/ http://www.deepseanews.com/2016/06/the-ocean-cleanup-deploye... As an illustration of their incompetence, the prototype they built was black. This presents a massive navigation hazard, so they'd get their pants sued off if they ever actually put that in the open ocean.

rndgermandude 8y ago
I read the article (2016) you linked, and it's not a good one. She raised some valid questions in the article, tho, most of which actually got an answer from Slat in the comments. I won't pretend I'm informed enough to judge his answers, but Dr Martini herself thanked him for his answers, and didn't ask anything further at that time, which indicates to me that at the time she considered his answer sufficient.
- cultus 8y ago
  No, they did not get answered by Slat in the comments. Are we reading the same article? Dr. Kim Martini is a very respected oceanographer. While you may not like the tone of the article, she knows what she is talking about. Her concerns were not answered, she just thanked him for replying. Here's a later followup article, so it is clear these concerns have not been resolved. http://www.deepseanews.com/2017/01/what-did-the-boyan-slat-and-the-ocean-cleanup-do-last-summer/ http://www.deepseanews.com/2017/01/what-did-the-boyan-slat-a... Every time this project comes up and actual scientists point out the issues, even people who generally trust scientists seem to be very hostile to criticism of the project.

by cultus 8y ago

rndgermandude 8y ago

I read the article (2016) you linked, and it's not a good one. She raised some valid questions in the article, tho, most of which actually got an answer from Slat in the comments. I won't pretend I'm informed enough to judge his answers, but Dr Martini herself thanked him for his answers, and didn't ask anything further at that time, which indicates to me that at the time she considered his answer sufficient.

cultus 8y ago
No, they did not get answered by Slat in the comments. Are we reading the same article? Dr. Kim Martini is a very respected oceanographer. While you may not like the tone of the article, she knows what she is talking about. Her concerns were not answered, she just thanked him for replying. Here's a later followup article, so it is clear these concerns have not been resolved. http://www.deepseanews.com/2017/01/what-did-the-boyan-slat-and-the-ocean-cleanup-do-last-summer/ http://www.deepseanews.com/2017/01/what-did-the-boyan-slat-a... Every time this project comes up and actual scientists point out the issues, even people who generally trust scientists seem to be very hostile to criticism of the project.