http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8578587.stm
boat made from plastic bottles and powered by solar, wind...
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Re: boat made from plastic bottles and powered by solar, wind...
Well, good luck to them.
But, if the boat is damaged, all those pop bottles will float around the ocean forever. And why are they filling them with carbon dioxide, of all things, instead of air, which would give better flotation and won't be so harmful when it is released?
But, if the boat is damaged, all those pop bottles will float around the ocean forever. And why are they filling them with carbon dioxide, of all things, instead of air, which would give better flotation and won't be so harmful when it is released?