Comments on: Insects that skate on the ocean benefit from plastic junk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/05/08/insects-that-skate-on-the-ocean-benefit-from-plastic-junk/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Yacko http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/05/08/insects-that-skate-on-the-ocean-benefit-from-plastic-junk/#comment-14938 Yacko Wed, 09 May 2012 11:12:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6877#comment-14938 "I suppose then that if you don’t like insects, then the middle of the ocean in a yacht is the place to be." Indeed, and the same applies to people, bad behavior, modern civilization, the noise of a technological society. Most ocean places you are unlikely to hear the sound of an overhead jet. Can't say the same even for remote places on land given the number of registered vehicles. All motor vehicles outnumber registered boats by a 20 to 1 ratio? - in the US “I suppose then that if you don’t like insects, then the middle of the ocean in a yacht is the place to be.”

Indeed, and the same applies to people, bad behavior, modern civilization, the noise of a technological society. Most ocean places you are unlikely to hear the sound of an overhead jet. Can’t say the same even for remote places on land given the number of registered vehicles. All motor vehicles outnumber registered boats by a 20 to 1 ratio? – in the US

]]> By: Commtator http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/05/08/insects-that-skate-on-the-ocean-benefit-from-plastic-junk/#comment-14937 Commtator Wed, 09 May 2012 06:50:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6877#comment-14937 There is a very simple solution. Recylce. There is a very simple solution. Recylce.

]]> By: Daniel Ortiz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/05/08/insects-that-skate-on-the-ocean-benefit-from-plastic-junk/#comment-14936 Daniel Ortiz Wed, 09 May 2012 01:46:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6877#comment-14936 Interesting that there are so few insects out in the open ocean. I suppose then that if you don't like insects, then the middle of the ocean in a yacht is the place to be. Interesting that there are so few insects out in the open ocean. I suppose then that if you don’t like insects, then the middle of the ocean in a yacht is the place to be.

]]> By: arabwhipmonk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/05/08/insects-that-skate-on-the-ocean-benefit-from-plastic-junk/#comment-14935 arabwhipmonk Wed, 09 May 2012 00:31:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6877#comment-14935 Reminds of the final line in Jurassic Park (I think Lost World?): "Life always finds a way". Reminds of the final line in Jurassic Park (I think Lost World?): “Life always finds a way”.

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