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So, butylene rubber, a petroleum-based industrial adhesive. Meanwhile, Ottawa thinks it's plant based.
by tiahura 2y ago
So, butylene rubber, a petroleum-based industrial adhesive. Meanwhile, Ottawa thinks it's plant based.
- NotSammyHagar 2y agothe article doesn't say it, but this all suggests someone probably had a bunch of old crap in a tank and dumped in the ocean. Maybe it was a giant ocean liner amount of it. Right? Why does no one want to just say that outright?
- Scoundreller 2y agoMostly because the article is about a chemist focussed on identifying WTF it is and less so an expert in shipping/unreported damage/clandestine dumping.
- whythre 2y agoSeems like goofy credentialism. Large amounts of this stuff don’t just appear; someone put it there. Why do we need an expert in ‘clandestine dumping’ to tell us that?
- chasil 2y agoAlternately, shipping containers are regularly lost from container ships. The article doesn't say if this was closer to raw material or waste.
- NotSammyHagar 2y agoGood point, didn't think about that stuff falls off ships pretty commonly.
- labster 2y agoNothing to worry about, it’s just Elon building Galt’s Gulch in the middle of the Canadian wilderness.