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Title: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Shorty on May 11, 2021, 03:54:35 PM
Proposed to be completed by 2024. I hope it works. https://www.inceptivemind.com/yvan-bourgnon-seacleaners-manta-sea-cleaning-sailboat/18729/?fbclid=IwAR35j_7H9Ry0CFyFj4mENyfosA7ajykZjb7DAbUHhUEBrWJqCiZIng_bMxo

(https://www.inceptivemind.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SeaCleaners-Manta-1068x602.jpg)
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Vagrant on May 11, 2021, 04:16:46 PM
This should be the invention of the year!
Nothing pisss' me off more than plastic bottles in the water.
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: oldbike54 on May 11, 2021, 04:19:12 PM
 It will take a bunch of these to make a dent , but this is a start , and a good one it seems .

 Dusty
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: nc43bsa on May 11, 2021, 04:41:32 PM
Quote from: oldbike54 on May 11, 2021, 04:19:12 PM
It will take a bunch of these to make a dent , but this is a start , and a good one it seems .

 Dusty

Indeed.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"  - olde Chinese proverb
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Dirk_S on May 11, 2021, 05:11:59 PM
If it isn’t powered by an internal combustion engine, I’m not interested.

...lol.
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on May 11, 2021, 06:12:52 PM
Quote
the ship can collect between 1 to 3 tonnes of waste per hour, with the objective of collecting 5 to 10,000 tonnes per year.

Now, *that* is freakin awesome.. :thumb:
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Perazzimx14 on May 11, 2021, 07:20:01 PM
What is the disposal method for the debris it picks up?

Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Guzzistajohn on May 11, 2021, 08:04:17 PM
Hope it works. I wish we would have never come up with the BRILLLIANT idea of bottled water. So wasteful.
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: oldbike54 on May 11, 2021, 08:16:48 PM
Quote from: Guzzistajohn on May 11, 2021, 08:04:17 PM
Hope it works. I wish we would have never come up with the BRILLLIANT idea of bottled water. So wasteful.

 Yep , and the funny part is the water source for a lot of the bottled water , I mean the Houston water supply ??? :laugh:

 Dusty
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Shorty on May 11, 2021, 09:51:23 PM
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6V_SXuLxg
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: elvisboy77 on May 12, 2021, 01:01:18 PM
Stunning.  And brave!
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: not-fishing on May 12, 2021, 01:40:57 PM
Nice boat!
Good luck sailing it in a real blow.

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Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Shorty on May 13, 2021, 05:14:35 PM
Quote from: not-fishing on May 12, 2021, 01:40:57 PM
Nice boat!
Good luck sailing it in a real blow.

(https://mackoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Header-Storm-Waves.jpg)

Ouch. They might need a big arsed mother ship or tanker to rescue it.
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Tom on May 13, 2021, 05:43:42 PM
We need one 4 times that size working the garbage patch NE of here.  It's huge.  An underutilized resource of potential energy.
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: ozarquebus on May 13, 2021, 07:47:04 PM
That is where a self replicating AI would be a good thing. If the sailboat would clone itself out of the dredged plastic and be autonomous, the mid Pacific gyre would be cleaned up fast.
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Guzzistajohn on May 13, 2021, 09:00:32 PM
Quote from: oldbike54 on May 11, 2021, 08:16:48 PM
Yep , and the funny part is the water source for a lot of the bottled water , I mean the Houston water supply ??? :laugh:

 Dusty

Our well water is just fine. I fill a to go jug every day.
Title: Re: Plastic eating, ocean cleaning sailboat
Post by: Guzzistajohn on May 13, 2021, 09:02:32 PM
Quote from: Zoom Zoom on May 12, 2021, 03:20:25 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-S3G1c31y0

John Henry

I remember that one!  :thumb: