63,000 pounds of trash pulled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patchusatoday.com 15 pointsrharris4 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−anakaine4yInternational problems require international units of measurement.28.5 tonnes. Basically one big semi trailer worth of a small continent sized problem. Keep the effort going!−throwawaysea4yThanks for putting that into context. I don’t want to be overly negative, but it feels like a small amount for a month long mission. Am I missing something?−sul_tasto4yPer the article they are still in the testing phase, with plans to scale up.
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International problems require international units of measurement.
28.5 tonnes. Basically one big semi trailer worth of a small continent sized problem. Keep the effort going!
Thanks for putting that into context. I don’t want to be overly negative, but it feels like a small amount for a month long mission. Am I missing something?
Per the article they are still in the testing phase, with plans to scale up.