The Plastiki is a metal frame with 12,000 gas filled bottles for flotation and is not only a boat but a message to people to save the water and environment of plastic waste. It's powered by a wind turbine, solar panels and a bicycle like generator. Plastic gets brittle over time and breaks down but doesn't disappear. Instead it becomes tiny molecules and is absorbed by the fish.After 2 years of planning the boat is finished and is ready for it's voyage from San Fransisco to Sydney. The crew don't care if they get there or not because they have already raised the problem to the public.
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Nice job on what happens to the plastic. There may not be bottles floating around out there, but there is certainly the chemistry of the bottles floating around the ocean. Bad.
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Great ob Stuart! I got a lot of information from your blog post. Keep up the awesome work.
Nice post Stuart! I like how u included the fact that there were solar powered turbines to power the boat, and not environmentally-harmful diesel engines. Keep up the good work!
Nice post Stuart! I like how u included the fact that the Plastiki is powered by solar panels, and not environmentally-harmful diesel engines. Keep up the good work!
Nice job Stuart. You've got great information. I hope this trip will succeed.
Very nice post, Stuart! Nice details, too!
I love your words, brittle etc. I still wonder why they put gas into it, I know that it helps the boat not sink, but what does it do??? NICE JOB!!!
nice, I really think you wrote the detailes of this trip very well. good luck to the crews :)
Nice job Stuart! Nice details about the bottle in the plastiki and the plastic in the ocean! :)
Hi Stuey i like your blog alot!! Your Plastiki Post is nice and compact and easy to read.
Great Job! I like your description of the boat. Also nice job in saying why they built the boat!
Great job!!! I like your explanation about how the Plastiki looked like and has on board!
That's so cool!! You explained lots of important things really well and it was easy to read because it was short.
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