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- missingnoh4x, on 11/19/2007, -3/+262I heard The Pirate Bay's buying it.
- Schneckehaus, on 11/19/2007, -5/+209That may be one of the cooler things I have ever seen.
- Fritz, on 11/19/2007, -15/+190So a hurricane came and destroyed his island, spreading plastic bottles and trash all over the seas. Wow, that's environmentally positive!
- cruelpupet, on 11/19/2007, -1/+137This is pretty cool, but I'm not sure how well it would stand up on the open water. I see that it mentioned it lasted in two hurricanes, but that island was still somewhat protected by the land around it.
- ophello, on 11/19/2007, -4/+109No man is an isl...oh *****...nevermind.
- nooreazy, on 11/19/2007, -3/+96He is free from the grasp of society, lucky bastard
- Rainemaker, on 11/19/2007, -5/+81Step 1: Build Floating Island of empty bottles
Step 2: Sail Island to MI.
Step 3: Dismantle Island.
Step 4: Profit. - anonatron, on 11/19/2007, -0/+74Another way to look at this, if he gets that thing out into the ocean and it is destroyed, then there are a quarter of a million plastic bottles in the middle of the ocean... Conservationist turned to serial litter bug by a gust of wind.
- airiox, on 11/19/2007, -3/+75The open water would rip this thing to shreds no matter how large he makes it, 50 foot swells aren't that forgiving. Still a pretty sweet creation. I'm surprised he hasn't been arrested, he certainly would be if he created that island in some inlet in California.
- wddwmmandalore, on 11/19/2007, -3/+69i tried writing a witty reference to 'Message in a bottle' by the Police but I got nothin....
- ElliotShoe, on 11/19/2007, -2/+61you forgot step 4: introduce 250,000 plastic bottles to marine wildlife
- freebit50, on 11/19/2007, -4/+63I wonder how many empty bottles his server is made of. Apparently, not enough.
- manfromfuture, on 11/19/2007, -3/+58"It was destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005."
-- from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Island - rolosworld, on 11/19/2007, -7/+38I think, not well..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Island
It was destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005. - Xanium4332, on 11/19/2007, -2/+33Neither did you...
- sotopheavy, on 11/19/2007, -0/+30He should get some wave power generators and surround his island if it becomes very large. That will cut the waves and could support a small city sized island. Pirate bay?
- moskrin, on 11/19/2007, -0/+29They said I was daft to build an island in the sea, but I built it just the same! ... and it sank into the sea. So I built another one! ... and that one sank into the sea. So I built a third one! That one burned down, fell over, and then sank into the sea... but the fourth one stayed up!!
- TypeEE, on 11/19/2007, -4/+31The island is missing a dozen of hot chicks in bikinis. Until then it's less interesting than an island that I would want to live in.
- RedSaber, on 11/19/2007, -0/+27TPB should definitely build something like this (but safer). They could gather millions of bottles from their users and ask that guy to build something for them.
They would then have their own flotting pirate paradise...
The only problem is connecting the servers to the rest of the world... *just a veryyyyyy small problem :P* - ophello, on 11/19/2007, -3/+24one word: IT'S STILL COOL
- arobar, on 11/19/2007, -6/+26Say it with me now... "Diggs does not equal the number of visitors".
- sneakybeaver, on 11/19/2007, -2/+22Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a faibllbluublbuulllb bllblul l ubllbbulblbbbuuluubbb
- 1derfulWally, on 11/19/2007, -1/+20I can't wait for "Survivor: Plastic Bottle Island"
- Goobernutz, on 11/19/2007, -5/+23If I also become an "eco-pioneer" can I throw quarter of a million plastic bottles into the sea too?
- lowerlogic, on 11/19/2007, -0/+18yeah a island drifting by is hardly suspicious.
- Dolomite, on 11/19/2007, -5/+23this is one hippie who is actually doing something cool with his life. way to go dude.
- cowboy86, on 11/19/2007, -1/+18What stops him from just charging Mexicans to go on a little ride to the US? I mean if the coast guard were dispatched to check it out they'd just see a little island. Perfect cover.
- houndeyex, on 11/19/2007, -1/+18Okay, but 3 is still ridiculous.
- moskaudancer, on 11/19/2007, -1/+17Well, one can always move to Rapture.
- adrianmonk, on 11/19/2007, -0/+16Well, if the second one is destroyed by another hurricane like the first was, then it will be sorta like "a hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore".
- Schneckehaus, on 11/19/2007, -0/+15"potentially flawed" they havent had enough time yet to do a full study and review of it.
- RichLatherX23, on 11/19/2007, -0/+13...except the one that destroyed it. (cough)
- exomni, on 11/19/2007, -11/+22Not only that but the environmental impact of those 250,000 bottles is many times less than that of even a small car, and with what he's built upon it its net impact is most definitely positive rather than even slightly negative. Your ignorance amazes me.
- Kojote, on 11/19/2007, -5/+16Thats what I was wondering, he is supposedly an environmentalist but instead of actually recycling a quarter million plastic bottles he puts them in the position to just be more sea litter?
- houndeyex, on 11/19/2007, -2/+13... and double posts suck.
- djetaine, on 11/19/2007, -0/+10Reading comprehension is awesome....
"Sun 18 Nov 2007
Man (Re)Builds Mexican Island Paradise on 250,000 Recycled Floating Bottles
Posted by ecoble under Design and Architecture, Environmental Images, Green Everything, Sustainable Innovation (edit this) " - YojimboJango, on 11/19/2007, -0/+10Haha, just proof that no matter what you say some jerk somewhere has already proven you wrong.
- Ratteler, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9Brilliant.
- TheTusch, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9You don't know how bad MI's economy is. 25k is like 4 years salary in MI.
- griz, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9And what happens when the bottles start to slowly take in water?
- Hananda, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9Remember, it goes Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, in that order. Recycling is extremely energy-intensive.
- rheaume, on 11/19/2007, -1/+9But... Soft Plastic + Sunlight + seawater is a good thing now? Wont that make it break down and release some contaminants into the water?
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.h ... - shark615, on 11/19/2007, -1/+9May be ok. 50 foot swells generally have a lot of space between them on the open ocean. That being said storm generated waves would probably mangle this in short order
- squirrelza, on 11/19/2007, -3/+11I wonder how much it cost to setup everything and how long it took to make.
- carbonetc, on 11/19/2007, -0/+8I want to know what those plants are rooted in. Except for the mangroves, plants and seawater don't tend to get along.
- rchargel, on 11/19/2007, -1/+9He wouldn't be arrested, just taxed into oblivion.
- airiox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lolQ5pgp6XQ
- gamesector, on 11/19/2007, -2/+9As if anyone is digging up rolosworld...people that don't read the article annoy me. It clearly states in the title that he REBUILDS the island paradise.
- toastjam, on 11/19/2007, -1/+8I guess you slowly empty them?
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