Hello; In a way I find it fascinating that you go to such elaborate comparisons in order to try to diminish the island of plastic garbage which is the size of a state. Eight million tones in how much time?
While I do not think the plastic in the oceans is anywhere near the top of a list of environmental problems, I do think it illustrates an important point. That point being that human activities can have a substantial impact on the environment.
Hello; Here is something to consider. We aquarium keepers are likely well aware of how much water weighs. But even as dense as water is 1.4 quintillion tons of it is a lot of water. The fact that many pictures of animals trapped or killed by being caught in plastic do exist suggests that likely are a lot of such incidents must be happening that are never see or recorded. I suppose it is remotely possible that all such incidents have been recorded in the photos that do exist, but I do not think so.
