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Plastic Waste May FINALLY Have a Solution! - YouTube (youtube.com)

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

I hear a lot of what you're saying, and I agree to a large degree. What I don't think is so valid is what do we do with the 9 billion tons of plastic waste we already have? Reducing our need for oil with our current (bad) behavior is a start. Taking care of the mess we've made is also a huge win, even if it's converted into other, longer-lasting products, and assuming it doesn't require too much energy. Having a world where the bottom line isn't such a big factor would also help, and I'm not sure that will change quickly enough to help us out of this mess.

Totally a puff piece, though, and I'm not optimistic is will be energy-efficient enough to work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

That's why I say that antisolutions are context-dependent. This is being presented as the solution to plastic, not as a clean-up plan after we have banned plastic, or even while we ban plastic. The former is an antisolution, while the latter could be a responsible project. Antisolutions are dangerous because they deflate the political will necessary to actually solve the problem, not because the technology is problematic in and of itself.