• @I_Fart_Glitter
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    1 year ago

    Here’s my math:

    Texas = 268,597 mi²

    1 square mile = 27,878,400 ft²

    1 football field = 57,600 ft²

    1 square mile = 484 football fields (27,878,400/57,600)

    Texas = 130,000,948 football fields (484*268,597)

    Pacific Garbage Patch = 260,001,896 football fields (130,000,948*2)

    If one football field can be cleared every 5 seconds, it will take 1,300,009,480 seconds to clear (260,001,896*5) 1,300,009,480 seconds = 15,046.4 days = 41.2 years to clear the garbage patch if one of these contraptions were to work round the clock.

    ETA: This math is assuming we stop continuously refilling the garbage patch.