Comments on: It’s A Boat Time We Got Serious About Plastic

By: Plasticless

Plasticless — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:10:00 +0000

Now that I have seen that CNN did not post my comment on the article, I will mention my key point here. There is a less than remote chance that Mr.De Rothschilde will need the services of the US Coast Guard or another search and rescue service. If this occurs, he will be responsible for a lot of fossil fuel consumption and a lot of other costs. I don’t think awareness is the bottleneck with recycling anymore, anyway.

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:00:20 +0000

And where were they when I started using baking soda as deodorant and cooking my cats’ food from scratch? Huh? I have no idea what was going on in the news those days and I’m too tired from all my plastic-free efforts to look it up.

Seriously though, where were they when Marcus Eriksen, an actual marine biologist, really did build a raft out of bottles… not recycled bottles but actual bottles… and sailed out to the North Pacific Gyre last year? (http://www.junkraft.com/) The Algalita Marine Research Foundation… the folks actually responsible to discovering and publicizing this issue… is scrounging for money. Why are the celebs not coming out for them???

Some friends and I were just discussing this very issue yesterday. So this morning, I emailed De Rothschilde’s organization through their web site. I asked the same question… are they going to promote reduction or simply recycling? Haven’t heard back yet. I’ll let you know if I do. They are building the boat so near me in SF, I could just run down there and see if I can catch him!

By: Johnny A.

Johnny A. — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:39:04 +0000

Your problem is that you cannot construct a seaworthy or airworthy vessel out of disposable razors in order to make any kind of point.

Hmmm…. now perhaps I could fill enough plastic grocery bags with helium to lift me into the air. I could float across the continent for my own cause!