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All carbon that comes from fossil sources should be avoided. This is only a good idea if it prevents further extraction of oil or coal. Otherwise we will just
by chicob 9y ago
All carbon that comes from fossil sources should be avoided.
This is only a good idea if it prevents further extraction of oil or coal.
Otherwise we will just be adding more extra carbon to the carbon cycle, by dumping CO2 into the atmosphere.
- dotancohen 9y agoIn fact, having the carbon stored in the garbage patch is better for the environment (and the organisms that depend on a stable environment) than burning it and releasing it into the atmosphere.
- technofiend 9y agoYou don't want to burn and release, that's true, but you also don't want the plastic in the food chain. So you need some sort of way to compress and store the co2 until it can be sequestered.
- chicob 9y agoPerhaps making plastic waste ingots when the recyclability is too low to be profitable and then burying large volumes of plastic this way.