On 10/3/2018 9:35 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 10/3/2018 12:08 AM, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:36:56 -0700, sltom992 wrote:


P.S Fish genes are of no value as that water that is going to flood the
eastern USA is so full of microplastic you'll starve to death with a
full stomach of it. Karma is a bitch.

Microplastic? China turning to "renewable" power? Explain all this to us
- what is your credentials for making scientific prognostications?

The end result of all that plastic crap that ends up in to ocean is
smaller and smaller bits of plastic. There is no such quality as bio-
degradable. Iit turned out to be faster break down. End result is
basically major patches in the oceans turing into plastic soup.

The micro sized bits of plastic is being ingested into various marine
species where in many cases, it lodges and starves them to death. In the
same way that all foodstuffs now have varying levels of mercury, cadium
etc, you can look forward to future food stuffs coming with a percentage
of 'plastic'. I hope you don't prefer seafood.


Ohferchrissake, try to keep up:

https://www.iflscience.com/environme...p-into-oceans/


Much like the Gulf bacteria and biota which dissipated and converted the
oil:

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/inve...il-after-spill


https://ocean.si.edu/ecosystems/deep...gulf-oil-spill

I think your attitude is a bit overoptimistic. Even if some bacteria can
break down plastics, and even if some jellyfish help ameliorate oil
spills, that doesn't mean ocean plastic or oil spills are benign. It
depends heavily on the rate of amelioration vs. the rate of pollutant
injection.

From your first link: "We perhaps shouldn’t rely on these bacteria too
heavily, though ... we are still dumping a horrific amount of plastic
into the oceans at present. Although recycling has its place, things
arguably won’t change until plastic is phased out in favor of
bioplastic, the type that quickly breaks down in any environment after
it has been used."

And from your second link: "Water perturbation and mucus production from
jellyfish won’t clean up oil or stop it from reaching shorelines after a
spill. And jellyfish certainly aren’t immune to oil. (Another study
found the adults of some species are tolerant of oil, while others are
not.)"

For an admittedly extreme analogy: If some passengers on the Titanic had
started bailing water using their teacups, it might have helped to some
small degree. Someone might have been able to write an article saying
"Teacup bailing proven to slow sinking." But it wouldn't have saved that
ship.

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- Frank Krygowski