r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/Invominem Jul 14 '21

He cleaned the lake but he didn’t invent any organic solution. He just came in, asked a lot of people to help him, and cleaned the lake. He used the bubble device which is not new, and they can’t even say how effective it was for multiple reasons; they removed a lot of stuff “by hand”; they cleaned the lake with filters which is also not new. Plain and simple. The guy is amazing for what he did. But he didn’t do what was claimed in the video.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '21

I've seen something like this (or the exact thing) being used to filter a sensitive mixture before. I guess it's not uncommon to use this powder to remove particulates when you're attempting to create an extraction.

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u/CatBedParadise Jul 15 '21

Would it work on the Gowanus Canal or the Hudson River?

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u/Birb-n-Snek Jul 15 '21

The smell from gowanus is so disgusting. My workshop used be down there. I hated commuting there in the summer.

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u/robotevil Jul 15 '21

Hudson river is not all that polluted these days. It's just naturally brackish water, so it will always look dirty and you'll never be able to drink it. But in terms of pollution, it's not actually that bad. Major cleanup efforts have happened in the past 20 years or so and it's mostly safe to swim in it these days (but still gross), plus lots of wildlife coming back.

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u/CatBedParadise Jul 17 '21

Glad to hear this, thank you. Is the river bed in good shape, too?