We all seem to know it's there but what's being done about it

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N to 42°N.[1] The patch extends over an indeterminate area, with estimates ranging very widely depending on the degree of plastic concentration used to define the affected area.
The Patch is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge, and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre.[2] Despite its size and density, the patch is not visible from satellite photography, since it consists primarily of suspended particulates in the upper water column. Since plastics break down to ever smaller polymers, concentrations of submerged particles are not visible from space, nor do they appear as a continuous debris field. Instead, the patch is defined as an area in which the mass of plastic debris in the upper water column is significantly higher than average. (Wikipedia)

I've watched seven of the Republican debates (ok, maybe six. but I do record all of them with perfect intentions of viewing them later.....but sometimes later just hasn't arrived)....and I haven't heard any mention of this massive ecological disaster taking place in the pacific ocean.

Supposedly it's twice the size of Texas but maybe even bigger when width and depth is measured.

THE MAIN PROBLEM IS.......IT'S GETTING BIGGER and people in power positions and people who want to be in power positions don't seem to be bringing it up......EVER.

I read the other day that there is four times as much plastic in the ocean as there is zooplankton.

I guess anything that outnumbers jellyfish is ok with those vacation seeking politicians. After all none of them have ever been stung by a piece of plastic.

BUT WHEN THE PIECE OF PLASTIC BECOMES THE SIZE OF SOUTH AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA COMBINED....THE BITE WILL PROVE TO BE COMPLETELY FATAL.

Now it's time to suggest a few solutions.

Laser beam disintegration seems logical

Large trash compacting ships makes sense

I do know that nothing will be done until somebody with a lot of vocal chops makes it a pet issue.

I can't even name a musician who has championed this cause....and jumping on this bandwagon would seem to be a perfect vehicle for numerous voices.

IT'S TIME TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE ON A GLOBAL BASIS AND A REPUBLICAN DEBATE WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO START.

What do think the odds are for anyone in the Republican party bringing up the issue of a giant garbage patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?

I'd put those odds at about a million to one.

The trouble also being.....

I don't seem to hear too many Democratic leaders addressing this problem.

Maybe they are all in cahoots and what we are witnessing is the construction of a new plastic land mass in order to connect the continents of North America and Asia. A plan devised by the oil companies so that cars can travel back and forth between Japan and San Francisco.

Maybe Donald Trump is behind it to create the Pacific Trump Highway.

Maybe

Maybe

Maybe.....

the human species is simply not paying attention to certain problems that are created by certain consumer habits.

Gotta give Santa Monica kudos on the plastic bag ban.

It's more than any politician, musician or sports star is doing.

Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen might be the only celebrities I've heard mention it.....oh yeah and they live in Santa Monica.

THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SHOULD MAKE A WEEK DEDICATED TO THE ISSUE

OF..............

THE GREAT GARBAGE PATCH disaster.

I THINK I'LL WRITE THEM A LETTER..........oh yeah

I just did

Michael Timothy McAlevey