An article "Scripps Study Shows Plastic in Pacific Garbage Patch Has Increased 100-Fold" by Leon Kaye talks about a study that was released by some researchers at "San Diego's Scripps Institution Oceanography", that claims that plastic has increased by 100 timesthe anount it was 40 years ago. the article talks about all the problems that are accuring because of this. It goes from small insects laying eggs on pieces of trash, that are the size of Texas, and also how "SEAPLEX and Scripps completed another research project showing that nine percent of 141 varieties of fish that live within the Pacific Garbage Patch had plastic in their stomachs." Which is bad thise fishes end up being eaten by us and the trash that was ate by them is now in our system which could cause harm to our bodies.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Isonomia
Today I read an article Isonomia by Chris Cullen , at first this article was a little confusing to me , but as I kept reading It became more clear. I found something very interesting in this article which was that there was a "Rapid increases in recycling have resulted in overcapacity, and a number of energy from waste (EfW) facilities have already closed." (Qtd. Art.) But many of the facilities are being moved to homes for the use of heat distribution networks. According to the article closing these facilities would not just cause a problem for investors, or more electricity would nees to be generated, but it would mean that a lot of pwople wouldnt have heat and would be left on the cold. That is why in the article it say that is an "understandably strong motivation to secure feedstock." This was very interesting I didnt know this before.