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uwantsomelightlyfriedfishfillets
Stupid humans
Syrmerlin
"Artificial Reef" = giant pile of trash some asshole convinced the government to dump into the ocean
everypostepic
Downvote4Love
SansAandAnguS
There is Glenelg reef off of South Australia which has been more successful. I think Osbourne reef failed because it fell apart.
nooowhaaaat
DeliberateMisinterpretation
In a few thousand years, something will learn to live off it. Humans will likely be gone before that.
Myowngrampa
I'm down to take a bite
Griztastic
How about whoever dives it brings a tire up and properly disposes of it each dive?
Tatelina
No, I did not know!
the3th
i think this is known as an Adidas shoe farm
BifPib
FapitalistPig
Stupid, ungrateful marine life. It's a dream home.
v I want this added as a biome in Subnautica.
reginald1648
Sparse Reef pretty much already has it covered.
scaiken298017
Dump about 500 cans of tuna down there.
MrNobodyLivesHere
Rubber the best contraceptive out there, that's why the place is barren.
LokiShinigami
You would think the rubber would degrade over time and contaminate the water around it eventually
Everyfrigginnameistaken
Ungrateful Falken fish...
Munchman347
Should have tied them in piles to act as safety zones for fry...
habino
i thought they removed it is it still there?
Siptro
For now at least. Give it a few thousand years
itsybitsyspider
They took the tires out except the ones at the very bottom that DID have some life in it and used them to make electricity instead.
GothmogLordofBalrogs
tires keep moving too much and scrubbing the floor clean of sedentary organisms.
ParanoidWithGoodCause
fish will get around to using it eventually, for now they're just too tired
StarBug
Maybe they’re leeching petroleum and killing the organic life that tries to exist there.
MightyIink
You can't use rubber, who the hell approved this! Oh right, the trash companies probably...
dobbcakes365
Scuba Steve likes it
SecretAgentNestleTollhouse
But what about his dad, Scuba Sam?
Denare
We should contact the head of Oscorp Norman Osborn, and see what he has to say about it.
ProxyPlayerHD
0.14km²*
TheotherAgentJohnson
So not an artificial reef at all then?
blackrasputin
More of a rubbery field of death really.
Frigididator
It's a wholly artificial reef. There isn't anything organic about it.
LovelyEnvy
More like a genuine fuck up.
Scrollbox
does it work as a reef though?
ravingraven
No, total fail. The army is trying to remove the 90,000 tires.
itsybitsyspider
They've removed most of them last I saw except ones at the very bottom.
Scrollbox
it cant even stop waves? should have went with the crushed toilets
ifandonlyif
Theres one in India made from concrete and metal that did work. Toilets would be an interesting one for sure.
Scrollbox
im pretty sure they already made one out of crushed ceramic toilets
ravingraven
A reef does not have the purpose of stopping waves, it has a greater purpose of providing unique ecosystem for billions of sea creatures.
Scrollbox
it does though, it has that exact function. the fact things live on them is just kind of a bonus
ravingraven
I see that more as a side effect, the primary function is providing habitat
Gryphob
If animals don't use it it doesn't work
KurtHamster
Does that apply to anything? Like scooters or lingerie?
Gryphob
Yeah if you can't find a pic of a dog wearing that bra you like it doesn't work,don't get it
Scrollbox
if it blocks surges during storms it still works
Gryphob
At the cost of being pollution. It'd be better to just throw concrete wave breakers
Scrollbox
im with ya there
ravingraven
Thank you for having knowledge, it’s refreshing
FancySharkDinnerParty
Maybe they should have put one or two tires down first for proof of concept.
Snotty128
Looks like the tyres started working but the things fastening the tyres down didn’t. The tyres came loose and became a mobile hazard instead
Jernau
One old tyre on a rope makes a great freshwater crayfish trap.
KurtHamster
They did.. loads of times!
DigitalMau
who the hell thought coral wants to grow on rubber??
DontBeSuchAnOrc
Oh my God, this comment. I love it.
wmcostiganjr
It didn’t get much traction?
ASMRuVeganYet
You win
AOLfreetrial1000hours
Son of a bitch. +1
fitlex
They do get used for housing marron in dams here in Australia, though I don't know if it's actually effective or they just assume so
Derpmidget
Hahaha you are to reasonable
Sm9yCg
It's a dump. How would have have benefited the dumpers financially? can you explain that so that a business school graduates understand?
CaptainSpiderpants
This is the proof of concept! We have mountains of tires ready to be reefs XD
PMmeyourshatteredhopesanddreams
The concept was to get the govt to pay for their waste disposal
shreddedking
long live capitalism / corporatism.
TraitorousTrump3
Corruption
cbjfan
Is there a difference?
TraitorousTrump3
One is illegal. Theoretically.
zombiebatman
The military is slowly cleaning it up using it as a training exercise.
zombiebatman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Reef#Cleanup
PapaNurgleLovesYou
OpticRocky
That’s the dopest shit I’ve read all day, thank you for sharing!
mikeatike
Wtf, someone thought this was a good idea.
tomyironmane
See, ideas like that are the reason I mistrust "environmentalists."
mikeatike
My guess is someone wanted to dump a fuckton of tires and talked the government in to letting them do it. Environment was not considered.
BreakTheCode
US military actually cleaned it up in 2007 after attempts by Florida government failed.
kecker
Now I want to know how Florida's attempts failed. How do you fail? It's pretty straight forward.
BreakTheCode
Cleaning ocean floor is pretty hard thing to do. I doubt they had enough divers and equipment to accomplish this. Coast guard and army (1)
BreakTheCode
was more effective. They had divers as well as vehicles that work under the surface of ocean.
bumblebeerumble
I wonder if they actually did tests in a smaller environment to see if sea life actually used it. Or if they just chucked it in
akaFLAMEGiRL
"Ted, I hear ya. Tests are very important, no-one is denying that. I'm just saying, we gotta get rid of all these fucking tires, man".
onlyhereforlurking
I like you flame girl.
akaFLAMEGiRL
Oh. Thanks! :)
AllMyOpinionSuck
the only thing he likes is the "girl" in your name. Don't be fooled
akaFLAMEGiRL
Not going to lie, it's the only likeable thing about me.