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If there's so much plastic in the ocean, and if it's (obviously) possible for something to evolve in such a way that it can use plastic for nutrition - it seems
by smithkl42 9y ago
If there's so much plastic in the ocean, and if it's (obviously) possible for something to evolve in such a way that it can use plastic for nutrition - it seems like we just need to wait a bit, and we'll get some bacteria or weird fish or something like that to solve our floating garbage problem for us. No?
- virmundi 9y agoYou're right. Unfortunately this also means our non garbage plastics are at risk. For example there is a fungus that converts cloth and similar trash to fuel. It also was a major problem in WWII. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/C8ED057F-D32E-34B5-4DF78025550EB35B/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/C8ED057F-...