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- lockr, on 10/06/2008, -3/+56Let me get this straight... they're going to immerse a million black plastic balls in their drinking water in the hot LA sun for the next 5 years to improve the quality of their drinking water?
- dashdingo, on 10/07/2008, -4/+35Man, they've got some balls.
See what I did there? - reincarnate, on 10/07/2008, -0/+24wtf my water tastes like balls.... O_o
- s0m31john, on 10/07/2008, -1/+25It's only gay if balls are touching.
- Hipple, on 10/07/2008, -1/+22On a scale from 1 to ironic, this title is like an 8
- lizlemoncello, on 10/07/2008, -4/+23Doesn't plastic leach carcinogens into water if it's left in enough?
- urbandistrict, on 10/07/2008, -1/+17Ahh ha! Yes, a bit of wordplay there. You used the term "ball" in it's commonly used vernacular yet also in it's duality referring back to the objects in which they dumped into the reservoirs! Brilliant!
Nicely done sir. A tip of the hat. - MikeMitchell, on 10/07/2008, -0/+12If you've tasted LA water, you will realize this is an improvement.
- Otnehs, on 10/07/2008, -0/+11There are a million balls touching, this is super gay.
- EnLiGhTnR, on 10/07/2008, -2/+13Wouldn't white be better to reflect the sunlight?
- Literaturfan, on 10/07/2008, -2/+12The ball idea ist great. It doesn't cost too much and therefore it is effective!
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -1/+11I know the date on the article says 10/6/08, but this actually happened a few months ago.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080609- ...
I love the fact the most of the above commenters think they know more about water safety than the people employed by the nation's largest provider of water. Business as usual here at digg! - cogit0, on 10/07/2008, -0/+8Right, but that would reflect photons back into the water as well. You would rather have the black balls covering the surface of the water, absorbing photons and preventing them from dispersing in the depths and causing the pollution they observe.
- nohero, on 10/07/2008, -0/+8Dude, this will probably look way more cool than regular water >_
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -1/+8they're scientists! they know what they're doing!
- cyrusuncc, on 10/07/2008, -1/+8I hope those homeowners like their new "water view"
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -3/+9Congratulations, you have successfully read and understood 2 paragraphs of text! Your parents must be proud.
- HyperionHK, on 10/07/2008, -1/+7only some plastics
- EatSleepJeep, on 10/07/2008, -0/+5Um, recycle them?
- Antimatter85, on 10/07/2008, -0/+5Because frisbees are made from the same plastic as these balls
- intuin, on 10/07/2008, -1/+5Don't carcinogenate me bromate!
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4Plasticides in water, in large quantity. I was joking with a scientist about how you would have to put large quantities of plastic in water in sunlight to harm people and that merely having plastic in appliances would not harm them. We both laughed and said that would never happen.
Wait... what? - Metasquares, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4Thank you, grad. school, for shattering another misconception :)
- tnoy, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4They used to use white ones, but once they started using black balls they haven't gone back.
- geologist62, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4its only gay if the balls are touching your chin...and you happen to be a guy
- DrDragun, on 10/07/2008, -1/+4What's wrong with the BLACK balls? Why is the BLACK jelly bean the worst tasting? Why the angel food cake gotta be white and the devil food cake gotta be BLACK?
- xenoc1de, on 10/07/2008, -0/+3Yep, I don't see why so many people are worried about the use later.
- geologist62, on 10/07/2008, -2/+4Its a good idea, because they could maximize coverage are with minimal numbers ( "hexagonal close packing" -- knew my crystallography class would help). seriously, they could just vacuum them up when they are done and send them to the recycling pot. They would probably be using HDPE (same as milk jugs) and those don't leach....much?
- timsantiago, on 10/07/2008, -1/+3I wonder if this technique could be used to reduce evaporation, too. This is a problem all over the West.
- Maxjan, on 10/07/2008, -2/+4Maybe if they pack 'em in tight enough we can walk on water?
That'd be sweeeeeeeeet. Although it would probably be hot as balls on the plastic. - javy925, on 10/07/2008, -1/+3our balls will blot out the sun!
- AgentMull, on 10/07/2008, -2/+4But a Wag of the Finger to dashdingo for his audacity to insult my intelligence by bringing attention to the joke. Only terrorists need to draw attention to themselves.
- HellifIno, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2Not to mention cheaper and lighter.
I'm waiting for their "potable water cooling plant" to get funding... - hammerpants, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2You said, "two-toned balls."
- aerobroken, on 10/07/2008, -3/+5What a stupid idea! Nice share though..
- NidStyles, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Not if the heat isn't getting to the water. I thought they taught physics in high school. They did when I went.
- NidStyles, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Yeah, so they never posted anything about the plan before hand of course. They just got the idea one day, and dumped a few assload's of ball's in the water. Nope no planning at all about it, certainly no new's coverage either.
That's ok you live there, and could not have possibly missed any new's on the event. - themastersb, on 10/07/2008, -3/+4That's so gay.
- urbandistrict, on 10/07/2008, -1/+2Just wait til you see what I put in your salad....
- bjornski, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Balls are touching. LOTS Of them!
- kolyana, on 10/07/2008, -2/+3Wait, wait ... I've read several reports now about chemicals sloughing off plastic bottles and into drinking water, so now we're going to dump a whole bunch of plastic into another drnking source?
Right.
Nothing can possibly go wrong there. - Kolle, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1it's actually three million, not one.
- nicktheawesome, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Plural's should always use the apostrophe's.
- reyalp, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1You use that much plastic in a year.
- Frostek, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1Yes, I'll bet the type in PLASTIC bottles is the best sort!
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1You remember wrong. I live in LA. It happened in June.
- dgendreau, on 10/07/2008, -1/+2Funny...
Here is a video explaining some details of the project:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcNWQ_VWMDk - mnemy, on 10/07/2008, -3/+4So... either manufacturing millions of black balls is cheaper than buying a big tarp... or it's more aesthetically pleasing? I don't buy it. Plus, what happens as the plastic balls decay from the sun shining them all day? Have you ever left a frisbee outside for a month? You can poke a hole through it with your finger because it becomes so brittle.
BAD IDEA. - seand, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1I gave you a thumbs up; you got me to laugh during a meeting.
- karmaghost, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1That's either the best or worst ball crawl I've ever seen.
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