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It's like this, If you believe it doesn't exist because you cant see it all floating on the surface in huge piles then your in denial. You probably don't believe that cancer exists either because you cant see that can you. It's remoteness is what keeps the truth at bay for most people because they don't WANT to believe it exists or think it cant hurt them in a personal way so why bother worrying. If you have kids or plan to you should care. The world they will inherit is fast becoming poisonous and causing significant harm to the plants and animals that live on it. I am not a tree huger either but did grow up with backpacking, fishing, farming, etc. In other words I have had a keen eye on the environment indirectly through my daily activities and have noticed many changes in the area I grew up in due to pollution. Such as.... no more frogs in the creek behind the house I grew up in, not a single one. The sound they would make during the summer used to be deafening. Water test indicated high levels of fertilizer compounds.
The mass of floating plastic is really more like a soup beneath the surface where plastics have been largely broken down to the base level so that the water is toxic and does not allow for the food chain to occur normally. It's just a fact and we are all adding to this mass everyday. If more people were even just casually interested in their environment a change could be made but profit, convenience, greed, ignorance, and the "me" as center attitude prevail so change is not possible. It is really not that hard to adopt some simple habits into ones life that reduce your impact, what could it hurt?.
Or just stick your head in the sand and remember/live in the good old days of believing what your government and big business say is good for you. What do they have to loose after all but wealth and power?
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