Am I wrong to think that with our advanced technology and ingenuity that we could do something about this? Tons of debris from the tsunami in Japan is adrift in the Pacific Ocean and heading for Hawaii (and elsewhere, one would assume since there is no exit route from the ocean). Maybe I am a total idiot (it's possible), but couldn't we send some barges out there to at least try to gather some of it up? I realize we're talking about tons of debris, but come on. Can't Al Gore afford to charter a boat to go out there and do something?
And this is completely separate from the giant trash island that we also have in the Pacific. What if all the money spent on the PR and advocacy side of various environmental groups was instead spent on actually solving problems? I would gladly give money to clean up this trash, I will not give money to pay for Al Gore's speaking tour on a private jet to lecture us all on our energy consumption.
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