This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.
Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.
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That'll be a change from the past 30 years where we've merely been unwilling to cope with the volume of plastic waste.
You'll be able to walk to Russia on the plastic bridge from Alaska, good times ahead!
naturejab_ aka julian brown is making strides with his microwave pyrolysis plastic into gasoline rig. it's been giving me a little bit of hope lately.
It's a complex hydrocarbon. Shred it, heat it up, and feed it in the front end of a refinery.
produces insane loads of toxins. 1/4 get cancer near the facilities or some such crazy statistic
Unfortunately it tends to get uncontrollably dispersed in the environment before.