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wahyinghung 11-16-2009 01:35 AM

Plastic Boat: The Building of a High-Tech Eco-Stunt
 
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wi...lastiki_1a.jpg
Not all plastics are created equal — and to prove it, a rakish banking heir and a team of young adventurers have built a huge ship out of plastic.

Called Plastiki, the 60-foot catamaran’s hull is made of a newly developed plastic that’s easier to recycle than the standard man-made stuff. The boat, as well as the voyage it will eventually undertake across the Pacific, is the conceptual child of David de Rothschild, who toes the line between eco-playboy and serious environmentalist.

During a recent Wired.com trip to Pier 31 in San Francisco, where the boat was getting its finishing touches, de Rothschild waxed rhapsodically about the value of the plastic, srPET, which stands for self-reinforced polyethylene terephthalate.

“Dumb Plastic 1.0,” de Rothschild said should be reduced, regulated against and minimized, if not abolished. srPET, though, deserves your love and attention.

“This is PET supporting PET, so when it comes to the end of its lifecycle, it can go into a machine and can be respun and rewoven,” he said.

De Rothschild would like to see it replace fiberglass, which can’t be recycled. To prove its seaworthiness, de Rothschild’s Adventure Ecology will be broadcasting live via satellite phones to raise awareness about the problems of plastic in the Pacific.

“We’re not going out there saying we’re a scientific vessel,” he said. “This is an adventure that’s using innovative materials to catalyze support for an issue.”

And when it’s over, the boat’s cabin will be recycled in Sydney.

Whether the whole trip is an eco-stunt or something more important, the ship itself is marvelous to behold. Hulking inside the pier, it looks like a massive boat built from packing tape with two-liter plastic bottles stuck onto its sides.
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wi...lastiki_2a.jpg
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...-gallery/all/1

AVS_Racing 11-16-2009 02:04 AM

id LOL if this thing sinks

Vansterdam 11-16-2009 05:53 AM

:werd:

kwistol 11-16-2009 10:07 AM

i think i like James May's lego house better :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...use-wants.html

silk 11-16-2009 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwistol (Post 6685817)
i think i like James May's lego house better :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...use-wants.html

wow..cool... this is awesome :thumbsup:

mrclean604 11-16-2009 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwistol (Post 6685817)
i think i like James May's lego house better :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...use-wants.html

i amazed.

!e.lo_ 11-17-2009 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwistol (Post 6685817)
i think i like James May's lego house better :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...use-wants.html

http://unusuallife.com/2009/09/24/le...se-demolished/

kwistol 11-17-2009 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aznebonix (Post 6687762)

its kinda sad that it got demolished...man it would've been crazy if someone actually tried living in it!

shenmecar 11-19-2009 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aznebonix (Post 6687762)

:fuuuuu: :fuuuuu: :fuuuuu:

AzNightmare 11-20-2009 08:18 AM

I suddenly have a surge to go and buy a ton of lego bricks and start a project...
I'll start small, maybe slowly work on my room first, then I'll expand to other parts in my house...


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