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Gogarty wrote:
In article , says... Most birds know better than to foul their own nests, why can't mankind be that smart? Where do sea birds poop? Just asking. And meanwhile are there any mankind living in the actual water? Stephen |
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Most birds know better than to foul their own nests, why can't mankind
be that smart? Gogarty wrote: Where do sea birds poop? Just asking. 1- the birds were already there 2- the birds poop has different... and far less per "drop"... than humans 3- do you imagine there might be some Freudian issues of why some people insist on their right to doo-doo in the water where other people are sailing, swimming, etc etc. DSK |
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"DSK" wrote
3- do you imagine there might be some Freudian issues of why some people insist on their right to doo-doo in the water where other people are sailing, swimming, etc etc. So, to avoid using my lectrosan I hold it til I get to shore and use the potty in town. Where does it go? After treatment, it goes in the water where other people are sailing, swimming, etc. - just like it would had I used the 'san. That's why the Cheasapeake is so, well, ****ty. The problem is too many people but, as Pogo said, nobody wants to be the first to leave. |
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Vito wrote:
"DSK" wrote 3- do you imagine there might be some Freudian issues of why some people insist on their right to doo-doo in the water where other people are sailing, swimming, etc etc. So, to avoid using my lectrosan I hold it til I get to shore and use the potty in town. The whole point of using a Lectra/San is to be able to use it in an anchorage...the federal water quality standard for swimming requires a bacteria count of 200...the bacteria count in a L/S discharge is 10. Where does it go? After treatment, it goes in the water where other people are sailing, swimming, etc. - just like it would had I used the 'san. That's why the Cheasapeake is so, well, ****ty. Actually, it's not the reason...Boats have so little do with it that if everything else could be "fixed," the small amount of waste that boats contribute would actually become beneficial. The real reasons are many and complex, starting with overfishing and depleting--compounded by a virus that also kills off a lot of 'em--the oyster and crab and other shellfish population, which are nature's "sewage treatment plant"...then there's what all the rivers dump into the Bay...and the runoff directly from the shore. It didn't happen overnight...it won't be cleaned up overnight, nor are there any simple solutions. But a good start would be a moratorium on shellfishing for at least 5 years...the watermen would howl, but if the gov't can pay millions of farmers not to grow certain crops, it can pay a few hundred waterman not to shellfish till the population reaches a level again sufficient to process a good portion of the pollutants. FYI, the shellfish and other "garbage eaters" in just 2500 healthy acres of bottom is enough to completely cleanse the waste from a population of 100,000. (Surprised the hell out of me to learn that too!). -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1 |
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