Monday, September 19, 2011

Dolphins, whales, beaches and plastic bags (Part 2)





How do these petrochemicals impact a cetacean? 




First off, between Phuket's lack of awareness regarding marine rubbish;


Stop at your neighborhood gas station, put a few drops of petrol in your palm, and clear your sinus cavities with a healthy snort of high octane, leaded of course. (Kids - don't really do this.) As you go catatonic, imagine how marine mammals must feel once they swim into a petrol or diesel slick - and are lost


Tourist brochures won't tell you, but our oceans are polluted with both solid and petrochemical scum and it's getting worse.


Today, there are at least three mid-ocean slicks hundreds of miles long, and as deep as 300 meters - the World's biggest garbage dumps, all human created. 
 
As we can see above (and in a previous post on this blog) - a main villain in all of this is the plastic bag (eg petrochemicals).  So the next time the staff behind the counter hands you a plastic bag please think about the photographs and whether you NEED that bag.


See you on the water, Ling Yai (Thai for 'Big Monkey') AKA John Caveman Gray.


             
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