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If the rivers get sufficiently clogged up with trash, the bubble barriers aren't going to do anything. The pressure from the river on a lot of garbage will easi
by Aunche 6y ago
If the rivers get sufficiently clogged up with trash, the bubble barriers aren't going to do anything. The pressure from the river on a lot of garbage will easily overcome the bubbles. Eventually, somebody is going to need to incinerate the trash or move it to a landfill.
- dylan604 6y agoAre you thinking that the bubble barrier is just meant to push the trash to the side, and that's it? Clearly, they are trying to push it to one location for easier collection. Try being a little more open to ideas, and a little more thought about next steps.
- Aunche 6y agoIt's much easier to collect trash in dump sites in flood-prone areas for example than from a river. Concentrated trash in a smaller body of water won't be much easier to collect than the status quo given how much concentrated trash there already major Asian rivers, especially when you consider how much maintenance a great bubble barrier would require. We don't need new solutions. Developed countries have already solved the problem of river trash with waste management, but since it's not glamorous enough, people only fund these well meaning flashy projects that could create more environmental harm than they prevent.