Osborne Reef - Tires for Reef

[Scuba_Jenny]

There is a chance someone concerned with the ecology will develop a plan to remove the rest of the tires. Now that may be a long shot, but a possibility.

The effort to remove the tires by various groups, public, private, corporate, government has been going on for years. This is a bigger problem than just removing the tires, which seems like a simple solution.

 

[broncobowsher]

There is also a chance that the NY Jets could win next year’s PGA tour.

Fixed it for you

 

[tridacna]

Fixed it for you

That’s a trick answer. You mean the new LIV tour.

 

[broncobowsher]

That’s a trick answer. You mean the new LIV tour.

I should have just said World Series.

 

[Jake 10]

Saw this article today on the web and wanted to share it.

Dumping 2 Million Tires in the Ocean. What can go wrong?

MSN

 

[Thunder Struck]

Saw this article today on the web and wanted to share it.

Dumping 2 Million Tires in the Ocean. What can go wrong?

MSN

Crazy that same video was on page 1 two years ago and MSN is now bringing it back to the forefront. Slow news day?

Not saying this isn't a problem that needs attention, but from what the video pointed out, and just simple common sense, the cost of removal (to include sending them where they go afterward) is going to be staggering.

I can understand the initial thought of artificial reef and the good intention of the plan. Perhaps it was a better option than throwing them into a pit a burning them like many 3rd world countries still do. Although we know where roads paved with good intentions often head.

Recycling is good, but many recycling operations result in greater output of pollution (that evil carbon) than manufacturing the would be recycled material from new materials would produce.

Maybe Elon can build us a carbon neutral space catapult trebuchet that we can hurl them into the sun with. Heck, I'd pay five bucks to launch one.

Or just go back to the old Plan B, get USAID restared and pay off some unsuspecting 3rd world country to take them in and screw up their environment. Because it's not like the air and oceans are connected such that what happens over there won't effect us over here, right?

 

[Jake 10]

Crazy that same video was on page 1 two years ago and MSN is now bringing it back to the forefront. Slow news day?

Not saying this isn't a problem that needs attention, but from what the video pointed out, and just simple common sense, the cost of removal (to include sending them where they go afterward) is going to be staggering.

I can understand the initial thought of artificial reef and the good intention of the plan. Perhaps it was a better option than throwing them into a pit a burning them like many 3rd world countries still do. Although we know where roads paved with good intentions often head.

Recycling is good, but many recycling operations result in greater output of pollution (that evil carbon) than manufacturing the would be recycled material from new materials would produce.

Maybe Elon can build us a carbon neutral space catapult trebuchet that we can hurl them into the sun with. Heck, I'd pay five bucks to launch one.

Or just go back to the old Plan B, get USAID restared and pay off some unsuspecting 3rd world country to take them in and screw up their environment. Because it's not like the air and oceans are connected such that what happens over there won't effect us over here, right?

Maybe they want to emphasize the need for action two years later?

 

[tarponchik]

Begs for the question, why didn't they start with a pilot project of say, 10,000 tires and watch it for 10 years?

 

[broncobowsher]

Begs for the question, why didn't they start with a pilot project of say, 10,000 tires and watch it for 10 years?

You weren't around in the 70's were you?
Hindsight is often 20/20. So easy to judge people today for actions taken decades ago.
Think about the fact that a decade before this was considered normal and a good idea.

So go ahead and say they should have done modern test standards and run a pilot program 50 years ago. And do what with the other 1,990,000 tires for 10 years while the test was under way? It was a change from changing dumping tires in the ground into something that appeared to be a good idea by the new standards of the 70s. This is the era that still had leaded fuel at every gas station, cigarettes were so common that as kids one of the candies you could get were candy cigarettes. Lead paint wasn't banned until the late 70s.

Making an artificial reef out of used tires was cutting edge thinking of the day.

 

[tridacna]

You weren't around in the 70's were you?
Hindsight is often 20/20. So easy to judge people today for actions taken decades ago.
Think about the fact that a decade before this was considered normal and a good idea.
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So go ahead and say they should have done modern test standards and run a pilot program 50 years ago. And do what with the other 1,990,000 tires for 10 years while the test was under way? It was a change from changing dumping tires in the ground into something that appeared to be a good idea by the new standards of the 70s. This is the era that still had leaded fuel at every gas station, cigarettes were so common that as kids one of the candies you could get were candy cigarettes. Lead paint wasn't banned until the late 70s.

Making an artificial reef out of used tires was cutting edge thinking of the day.

Damn. You reminded me of my favorite candy growing up! Remember the red “lit” tip?