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We happy? Yeah, we happy. (startrek.website)

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[–] olafurp 72 points 9 months ago (3 children)

That's nice and all but these are fungi release CO2 into the atmosphere just like burning it would. It's a bit counter-intuitive but burning it with carbon capture is less CO2 emitting.

Filtering out particles is obvious requirement and easier than filtering CO2. This is all a worse solution than to simply use less plastic. Taxing plastic out of existence is the real solution.

[–] Tyfud 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Preach.

Everyone wants a silver bullet to the problem. The silver bullet begins and ends with a corporate pocketbook.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Maybe we can silver bullet a few executive conspirators too?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But the plastic already is captured carbon. Burning it and then capturing it again makes no sense at all.

If you want to avoid the micro plastic, store it better, that's still much cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Right next to the nuclear waste, I guess?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

ironically nuclear waste is way safer, because we have extremely strict standards for handling it.

also most nuclear waste is just irradiated tools and clothing

[–] xenoclast 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Taxing wasteful uses and protecting life saving uses (sanitization, hospitals, etc). Is the only solution. Treat every other approach as distractions by people who want to profit from the way things are.

Plastic is one of the greatest inventions of all time. But just like nuclear energy, it's also the most deadly to us if we are stupid.