300,000 tonnes of chemical weapons dumped in the sea too DM ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian glendinning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Easter Island's "Unintentional Consequences"
> Hi Arlo, > > I can confirm from my own anecdotal experience that waste > non-bio-degradable plastics are everywhere around the world, not just > the seas. I'm not surprised people are studying it seriously. > > That Calvin and Hobbs quote reminds me of Terry Bisson's "Thinking Meat" > http://www.terrybisson.com/meat.html > > Ian > > On 3/20/08, Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All, >> >> Speaking of Easter Island and "unintentional consequences" of social >> mining rather than gardening the biological level, I've been reading >> more about this "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" (The Pacific Gyre), and >> the growing amount of toxic plastic particles being "mistaken" as, or >> consumed with, plankton by smaller fish and birds, and the >> unintentional consequences this may have. >> >> Check out this short video on youtube: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Verhi88kR60&feature=related >> >> I'll tie this into my recent remark about the "rarity" of intelligent >> life in the cosmos by quoting Calvin & Hobbes. "Sometimes I think the >> surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe, >> is that none of it has tried to contact us yet." >> >> Arlo >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
