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Re:The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Can Be Cleaned for $7.5B by paxys on Monday September 09, 2024 @11:25AM (#41489430)
This is the same line of thinking as "we just need $X to wipe out all college debt/medical debt". Sure, you can do it, but what happens when the same amount of debt is racked up again in a couple years? Do you keep using taxpayer money/crowdfunding/whatever else to pay it off every time? Or should you stop and address the core problem first, then fix the symptoms?
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Re:The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Can Be Cleaned for $7.5B by reaperducer on Monday September 09, 2024 @11:31AM (#41489512)
This is the same line of thinking as "we just need $X to wipe out all college debt/medical debt". Sure, you can do it, but what happens when the same amount of debt is racked up again in a couple years?

So you never clean your toilet because it's just going to get dirty again?

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Re:The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Can Be Cleaned for $7.5B by acover on Monday September 09, 2024 @11:38AM (#41489620)
They are suggesting installing a toilet so you aren't just using a corner and remodeling the house every few years.
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Re:The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Can Be Cleaned for $7.5B by paxys on Monday September 09, 2024 @11:32AM (#41489529)
I don't let my toilet get to a state where it is a national/global emergency.
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Re:The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Can Be Cleaned for $7.5B by konfusinomicon on Monday September 09, 2024 @11:53AM (#41489782)
not sure i have the self control to avoid Chipotle burritos like yourself
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Re:The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Can Be Cleaned for $7.5B by svardilfari on Monday September 09, 2024 @01:06PM (#41490720)
"I'm not spending a dime or a second of MY time cleaning this toilet (that I also use) until someone fixes the root-cause, now AND forever! (never mind that I am also at least partially a contributing factor if I've ever eaten a single fish in my entire life)"
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Re:The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Can Be Cleaned for $7.5B by Dudelander on Monday September 09, 2024 @01:48PM (#41491267)
If the presser is correct (and I am extremely skeptical), then the $7.5B cost would be trivial - even if it had to be done annually.
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