Deed of Claim of Mining and Mineral Rights

To
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
&
All Other Oceanic Plastic

In the name of The Greenpeace Foundation, The Rocky Mountain Institute, The Environmental Defense Fund, The Algalita Marine Research Foundation, The Ocean Conservancy, The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the Buddha, Lao Tsu, Confusious, The Lubbavitcher Rebbe, the Pope, the Dalai Lama, and Jerry Garcia, I Lawrence J. "XB Cold Fingers" Furman, philosopher, folk-singer, professional computer guru, blogger and all-around cool dude, hereby claim the mining, mineral, and recycling rights to the so-called “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” a heap of plastics, organic compounds, and other debris that is approximately 10 million square miles in area, 30 meters deep and mass is estimated to 3.5 tons, and is perhaps equivalent to 25 or more barrels of oil, and to all other plastic floating in the oceans, and sediments of this planet beyond national borders and beyond territorial waters.

The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," also known as "The Gyre," is located in the vicinity of the “Horse Latitudes,” between San Francisco, California, and Hawaii. Captain Charles Moore, skipper of the research vessel Alguita knows where it is.

In the spirit of capitalism, as described by Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, Alan Greenspan, and implemented by Andrew Carnegie, John David Rockefeller, T. Boone Pickens, and others, I deny any and all responsibility for cleaning up the mess. I know it’s there, but I didn’t put it there. The "external costs" are not my problem.



Signed

L J Furman
____________________________
Lawrence J. Furman
December 9, 2007.