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We can't keep creating new garbage dumps, eventually we'll run out of land. If we can decompose plastic, let all the organics and paper based garbage decompose,
by hanniabu 11y ago
We can't keep creating new garbage dumps, eventually we'll run out of land. If we can decompose plastic, let all the organics and paper based garbage decompose, then you have a lot more space for new garbage to be added.
- phpnode 11y agoI mean you're technically correct, but how long will that take? The earth is large and we have not covered even a fraction of 1% of it with landfill. It's unlikely that we'd actually run out of space in practice, it'd take thousands of years. Not that I condone the idea.
- Retric 11y agoNot really, today's dumps are tomorrows mines. If we really don't want to keep this stuff over a very long time scale we could use a seduction zone and send our junk into earth mantle. PS: Trash is matter, to generate cubic miles of the stuff we need cubic miles of raw materials.
- jessriedel 11y agoEventually the fusion process in the sun stops too.