[vincefutr23]

So the plan is to spend 7 billion and however much carbon over 10 years to move pollutants from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from anyone or any rich fisheries, to landfills near population centers?

[jppittma]

Well, water is a solvent and dirt isn’t. That’s probably the reason why oil isn’t harmful in the ground and it is harmful when it’s spilled in the ocean.

[vincefutr23]

There’s plenty of water in dirt. Except it’s water next door to population centers using it, not thousands of miles from anyone in the ocean