First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by ncmncm on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:25AM (#32236075)

100k kg is just 100t. Why not just say 100t? Maybe because 100t out of 80,000t would not seem like much.

And, it wouldn't be. But if they can work out how to make the things reliable and affordable, deploying 10 of them that are each 10x bigger gets the patch cleaned up in 8 years. Provided we are not dumping that much in at the same rate.

I used to think that recycling plastic was dumb, because plastic in a landfill is carbon nicely sequestered. But apparently making new plastic burns several times that amount of carbon. So, even if the petroleum that would have been made into new plastic is instead cracked and burned for fuel, you still come out ahead by reusing it.

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by lloydatkinson on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:57AM (#32236301)

Why would they go with a measurement that has two well known definitions? There is ton and tonne. Most people don't know the difference.

KG is metric and universal in most countries.

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by ksec on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @09:42AM (#32238148)

I thought most of the world have settled on Metric Ton / tonne already.

Are there any places where Imperial Ton is still being used?

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by lloydatkinson on Thursday July 28, 2022 @07:48AM (#32263072)

America uses imperial for some reason

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by ncmncm on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @07:49AM (#32237008)

The difference is negligible, in this use.

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by lloydatkinson on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @09:03AM (#32237674)

But there is still a difference. Metric is the standard now.

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by ncmncm on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @02:28PM (#32241995)

Doesn't matter. A metric ton of trash is exactly equal to an Imperial ton of trash, within the tolerance of the measuring device.

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by i386 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @09:23AM (#32237917)

Highly arrogant American pov. The rest of us deal with kilograms. Cope with it.

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Ekaros on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @09:44AM (#32238168)

As european I agree, kilo-kilograms are redundant. Either 100 000kg or 100t.

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by garaetjjte on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @09:43AM (#32238155)

Why not 100 Mg?

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Re:First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by ncmncm on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @06:28PM (#32257849)

Most people are not used to Mg quantities. Also it is the symbol for magnesium.

When you are talking about garbage, tons is the familiar unit. Metric or Imperial, it doesn't matter.

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