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Maybe the most underestimated problem today. Some startup opportunities: Fish farms [1] Ocean surface cleaning [2] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overf
by ohwp 13y ago
Maybe the most underestimated problem today.
Some startup opportunities:
Fish farms [1]
Ocean surface cleaning [2]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overfishing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overfishing [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch
- lignuist 13y agoI was thinking the same. Someone needs to collect and monetize the garbage. Sweden is already short of garbage for energy production, so there has to be a value in the garbage.
- ekianjo 13y agoNot sure if there is still value in the garbage if extracting it from the ocean costs a lot.
- glenra 13y agoIt'd be cheaper to get garbage by mining old garbage dumps in other countries - say, India or China - and ship the garbage back than it would be to mine the ocean. The ocean garbage is really spread out thinly.
- glenra 13y agoMuch of the garbage mentioned in the article is only out there because of the tsunami and will presumably clean itself up over time.