[ExI] how to tame hurricanes

Anders Sandberg anders at aleph.se
Mon Dec 16 07:19:23 UTC 2013


The problem with the garbage patch idea as it has been promulgated in 
the public consciousness is indeed that it makes people think it is a 
floating garbage dump. This leads to all sorts of well-meaning and 
stupid projects like
http://www.recycledisland.com/oceansofplastic.html
http://www.filtersfast.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/the-plastiki-boat-a-new-kind-of-bottle-plastic-recycling/
(which I criticized roundly at 
http://www.aleph.se/andart/archives/2010/07/unethical_design.html ) 
Filtering out the plastic will also filter out all the local life.



-- 
Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford University



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