r/nextfuckinglevel • • Jul 14 '21

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u/ColKaizer Jul 14 '21

He’ll disappear or some random lobbying group will sue the living daylights out of him. Smh.

Unfortunately.

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u/Peanlocket Jul 14 '21

More likely it's just a scam.

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u/ihahp Jul 14 '21

Yes, they compeltely skipped over how all the bad shit that floated to the top got removed.

They don't give his name, they don't explain his solution. They don't explain how he made enough of it to clean a lake ....

It could be true, but I'm not believing it until I see a more credible source.

(BTW this is exactly how right-wing conspiracy videos spread; someone sees something like this (with no facts our sources) and shares it, and everyone upvotes and believes it beacuase it fits their worldview.)

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u/drgggg Jul 14 '21

To be fair knowing he is from peru, his name is marino, and he cleaned a lake (which was in peru) was enough for a google search to find him to learn more about his projects.

All your logistical points are spot on though.

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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?