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Since it's already at a trench, it will be among the first plastic to be subducted into the mantle. It's sad but it's not the most worrisome plastic in the oce

Since it's already at a trench, it will be among the first plastic to be subducted into the mantle. It's sad but it's not the most worrisome plastic in the ocean.

mbrumlow 8y ago
That sounds like a perfect place doe waste. Just pump it I to the mantle. Put this stuff back in the ground where it belongs. Better than in out air or floating around our water.
- BTinfinity 8y ago
  Surely this would result in the high temperatures of the mantle burning the waste; the air pollution associated with this must make this a poor option for waste disposal.
  - mbrumlow 8y ago
    From my understanding when things burn hot enough -- which I think the mantel burns hot enough -- this sort of thing is not that big of an issue. Also, I am not entirely sure this would raise the temperatures of something so massive. In any case it would probably become the "global mantel worming" debate.
    - mbrumlow 8y ago
      Noo! Not the worming! I meant to type warming. Again, no posting before coffee next time! Although a worming might be fun. Trimmers anybody?
  - TylerE 8y ago
    Don't get much air pollution through 50 miles of rock.
    - njarboe 8y ago
      This statement is not strictly true but in context correct. Any volcanic eruption is full of really nasty gasses like carbon monoxide, sulfur, chlorine, and even fluorine, to name just a few. This comes from the content of the earth already (well, all the garbage comes from the earth originally also). But like you implied, adding the tiny amount of garbage generated by humans to the mix to an entire crustal column of rock would have insignificant impact on what comes out on top.
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- mLuby 8y ago
  Reminds me of one of my favorite colony buildings in Master of Orion 2: "Core Waste Dumps take man-made toxic and polluting agents and stash them deep within the planet. Since they’re so far below surface water supplies and often destroyed by the intense pressures and temperatures at the fringe of the molten core, this completely eliminates all Pollution on the planet." https://masteroforion.gamepedia.com/Core_waste_dump https://masteroforion.gamepedia.com/Core_waste_dump
  - WhompingWindows 8y ago
    What a game! I used to make massive spherical space-ships with annihilation beams and the computer would make about 300 small ship fleets. The turn-based combat meant my 5 ships would kill 5 ships with my huge death beams, then all 295 of their small ships would fire each of their 3 dinky peashooters, then 885 shots later, I'd destroy 5 more, then 90 of their ships... Fast forward to today, and I'm setting my data analyses to run for 2 hours and walking away just like I did back then with battles.
CompelTechnic 8y ago
I'm having a chuckle at the idea of the mantle becoming dangerously polluted and causing protests, environmental protection laws, etc.
- creep 8y ago
  "SAVE THE MANTLE"

Since it's already at a trench, it will be among the first plastic to be subducted into the mantle. It's sad but it's not the most worrisome plastic in the ocean.

mbrumlow 8y ago

That sounds like a perfect place doe waste. Just pump it I to the mantle. Put this stuff back in the ground where it belongs. Better than in out air or floating around our water.

BTinfinity 8y ago
Surely this would result in the high temperatures of the mantle burning the waste; the air pollution associated with this must make this a poor option for waste disposal.
- mbrumlow 8y ago
  From my understanding when things burn hot enough -- which I think the mantel burns hot enough -- this sort of thing is not that big of an issue. Also, I am not entirely sure this would raise the temperatures of something so massive. In any case it would probably become the "global mantel worming" debate.
  - mbrumlow 8y ago
    Noo! Not the worming! I meant to type warming. Again, no posting before coffee next time! Although a worming might be fun. Trimmers anybody?
- TylerE 8y ago
  Don't get much air pollution through 50 miles of rock.
  - njarboe 8y ago
    This statement is not strictly true but in context correct. Any volcanic eruption is full of really nasty gasses like carbon monoxide, sulfur, chlorine, and even fluorine, to name just a few. This comes from the content of the earth already (well, all the garbage comes from the earth originally also). But like you implied, adding the tiny amount of garbage generated by humans to the mix to an entire crustal column of rock would have insignificant impact on what comes out on top.
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mLuby 8y ago
Reminds me of one of my favorite colony buildings in Master of Orion 2: "Core Waste Dumps take man-made toxic and polluting agents and stash them deep within the planet. Since they’re so far below surface water supplies and often destroyed by the intense pressures and temperatures at the fringe of the molten core, this completely eliminates all Pollution on the planet." https://masteroforion.gamepedia.com/Core_waste_dump https://masteroforion.gamepedia.com/Core_waste_dump
- WhompingWindows 8y ago
  What a game! I used to make massive spherical space-ships with annihilation beams and the computer would make about 300 small ship fleets. The turn-based combat meant my 5 ships would kill 5 ships with my huge death beams, then all 295 of their small ships would fire each of their 3 dinky peashooters, then 885 shots later, I'd destroy 5 more, then 90 of their ships... Fast forward to today, and I'm setting my data analyses to run for 2 hours and walking away just like I did back then with battles.

CompelTechnic 8y ago

I'm having a chuckle at the idea of the mantle becoming dangerously polluted and causing protests, environmental protection laws, etc.

creep 8y ago
"SAVE THE MANTLE"