Floating Garbage Million-Ton Estimate Was A Little Off

Andrés Cózar of the University of Cadiz in Spain has revised his estimate of a million ton of plastic garbage floating in Earth’s ocean.

He says he now thinks its between 7,000 to 35,000 tons mostly in small plastic flecks.

His original estimate started a fear frenzy in California with laws banning single-use plastic bags. Millions of sea creatures were being killed it was said.

Nope. That was wrong as well. The experts have no idea who cooked up that figure. We are confident, however, to say that he or she voted for Obama.

And 35,000 tons — the high estimate — is not that much to get excited about. The oceans hold 352,670,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water and considering that a gallon of salt water weights about 8.5 pounds that is 1,500,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

Hat tip Scott Ott of PJMedia.com

Floating Garbage Million-Ton Estimate Was A Little Off

Floating Garbage Million-Ton Estimate Was A Little Off

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