The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an Elaborate Media Hoax

If you believe in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, you have been duped by an elaborate media hoax.

Now don’t get me wrong: I am in no way advocating for the disposal of plastic waste in the ocean. I am fully aware that floating debris is a widespread global problem; however the idea that somewhere out there, a giant island of trash the size of Texas that can be seen from space is total and complete nonsense. A quick internet search would completely debunk this. Anyone who takes the time to look into it would find that there are no satellite images available; only images of turtles stuck inside plastic straws meant to tug on your heartstrings.

Even the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has this to say about it:

The name "Pacific Garbage Patch" has led many to believe that this area is a large and continuous patch of easily visible marine debris items such as bottles and other litter—akin to a literal island of trash that should be visible with satellite or aerial photographs. This is not the case. While higher concentrations of litter items can be found in this area, much of the debris is actually small pieces of floating plastic that are not immediately evident to the naked eye.

Ocean debris is continuously mixed by wind and wave action and widely dispersed both over huge surface areas and throughout the top portion of the water column. It is possible to sail through "garbage patch" areas in the Pacific and see very little or no debris on the water's surface. It is also difficult to estimate the size of these "patches," because the borders and content constantly change with ocean currents and winds. Regardless of the exact size, mass, and location of the "garbage patch," manmade debris does not belong in our oceans and waterways and must be addressed.

Now, from the agency’s own description, you can understand that yes there is plastic in the ocean, but no, there is no garbage island. I believe that this elaborate media hoax is a psychological operation designed to prey upon the good nature of honest people to trick them into electing corrupt politicians and allowing corporations to advance their own capitalist agendas. The object is to guilt and demoralize people into thinking they themselves are the problem, and then offer meaningless platitudes and sell them false solutions such as “Eco-Friendly” bottled water, which is a total farce.

Once again, I do not believe that dumping plastic trash in the sea is by any means a good thing. The problem however, does not lie with us everyday people. Blame should fall squarely on the corrupt capitalist system that lobbies to keep us off of true renewable energy sources such as Hydrogen or Nuclear (as well as other lesser known and more suppressed  zero-point energy technologies) and hopelessly addicted to petroleum products, all the while shaming us to make us feel like it is our fault as consumers. If you didn’t know, now you know: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an elaborate media hoax.