RE: Twitter.......20 Jun 2020 17:24
Pitlick,
Fishing vessels would indeed be better at collecting the plastic. My theory is that the DMG is located on a factory ship and a few trawlers are used collect the plastic which is then hauled aboard the factory ship as feedstock for the DMG, where the hydrogen produced is stored in large tanks. There are five areas in the world's oceans where these plastic islands collect which are too far from land to make the collection and transfer to land by small vessels economical. Such a fleet could also visit the many isolated islands inundated by ocean borne plastic waste, reducing its impact upon human populations and fragile ecosystems.
I would imaging that such a venture would need international funding, primarily as a waste disposal solution, but as a back of a beer mat theory, with political will, not unfeasible.
Imagine the 'greenie points' for PHE if such a theory should bear fruit.