Re:Ask HN: What are problems that enterprising college stude...
by beautifulfreak on Saturday August 31, 2019 @04:37AM
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The great Pacific garbage patch is still out there. I like this passive solution (https://theoceancleanup.com/technology/). Maybe plastic taken from the ocean could be processed and incorporated into the plastic-removal mechanism to make it more effective. I think everyone would feel grateful if you even tried to solve that problem.
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Re:Ask HN: What are problems that enterprising college stude...
by jacobwilliamroy on Saturday August 31, 2019 @06:35AM
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Don't get mixed up in that crowd op. theoceancleanup is mostly just a pr stunt. Some young kid got popular support for a bad idea and now he's doubling down on that bad idea for fear of being pilloried for wasting 6 years and millions of dollars on a dud.
Re:Ask HN: What are problems that enterprising college stude...
by centrinoblue on Saturday August 31, 2019 @02:15PM
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80% of the plastic comes from just 10 rivers (there is a link on here somewhere) maybe focus on stopping it before it gets to the ocean
Re:Ask HN: What are problems that enterprising college stude...
by centrinoblue on Saturday August 31, 2019 @02:19PM
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May not be entirely accurate https://factcheck.afp.com/widely-cited-study-did-not-show-95...