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Analysis: We consume up to a credit card’s worth of plastic every week (www.cnn.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

what-the-hell starting to feel like all this plastic business might not be good for the long term health of the planet

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The planet is fine, it will be fine long after we are gone.

It is our civilization is seems to be fucked.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure but I'm including the biosphere as a part of the planet. Rocks are cool and all but life is much cooler imo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. There'll probably be a long period before plastic can be biodegraded, like it happened for wool/cellulose in pre-historic periods.

At some point, a mushroom will learn how to use it efficiently and then it will all be degraded.

We will be long gone by then.