tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10734171.post7743801016903213706..comments2023-09-04T04:55:25.547-07:00Comments on The Smith Home: Weekend GarbageRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03454288003881075328noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10734171.post-58494388053323397082008-06-08T23:05:00.000-07:002008-06-08T23:05:00.000-07:00ok so i watched [skimmed] it, and it was made real...ok so i watched [skimmed] it, and it was made really well. i was quite impressed with the usability and the website in general.<BR/><BR/>and i was a little disillusioned by the hyperbolic descriptive language used to refer to it as "an island" "twice the size of texas".<BR/><BR/>now, were you to refer to it [over simply] as the trash line, i would have known exactly what you were referring to.<BR/><BR/>i've ssn some crazy things in the ocean, just like they were seeing while fishing off the coast of oahu. we had a 26' salt water yellowfin fishing boat and we'd finish over 50 miles off shore.<BR/><BR/>the BEST fishing was when you could find the "trash line", because all the big fish would be there feeding off the little fish, who were feeding off the garbage.<BR/><BR/>now i don't know if it was my younger mind or a changing culture, but never once did i think to myself, "that's a lot of garbage in this ocean, we humans are polluting and destroying it...". i was just excited that we were going to start catching some sweet fish!<BR/><BR/>i wonder if that's just a cultural shift that more people are asking that question?<BR/><BR/>it's nice that they contributed the problem rightly to "the whole world", rather than just "the evil american government".<BR/><BR/>"the downfall of honduras is going to be the plastic bottle."<BR/>-jeff brady<BR/><BR/>i agree that america is a huge/world leading culprit in the problem and need to take a large part of ownership in acknowledging our fault, and leading the way to do all we can to help right or wrongs.<BR/><BR/><BR/>i also found it interesting that there were/are so many SMALL pieces of plastic that are there. the scene on the beach at the end was great about being able to pick it up as a coke bottle, before it turns into a million little pieces.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>i wonder if there could be a massive "ocean combing filtering" ship built that would just drive through this area, cleaning out the plastic... wall*e style... hmmm?<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.celsias.com/blog/images/sea-turtle-plastic.jpg" REL="nofollow">this picture</A> was "sad".<BR/><BR/><BR/>thanks for the link.<BR/><BR/><B><BR/>reduce.<BR/>reuse.<BR/>recycle.</B>.justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958805042604783967noreply@blogger.com