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Yea. But wouldn't be great to be able to build things that would last a long time in the elements?
by njarboe 8y ago
Yea. But wouldn't be great to be able to build things that would last a long time in the elements?
- munk-a 8y agoMaybe? Probably not, we'd probably end up making single use water bottles out of a material that miraculous.
- bmurphy1976 8y agoSure, but if the trade-off is permanent climate change and environmental destruction, maybe a little continuous renewal would be a good thing.
- jimmaswell 8y agoWhy would bacteria or fungi breaking down plastic help climate change?
- bmurphy1976 8y agoThat's not what I meant although my wording doesn't help. An environment completely polluted by plastic that we just keep pumping more into it? Bad. A world where we live a bit more harmoniously with nature, making products that are compatible with long-term maintenance of our environment? Good. That type of thinking tends to go hand-in-hand with addressing climate change.
- jimmaswell 8y agoDoesn't seem like helpful categorization to me, especially if the decomposition of plastic ended up making its own CO2. Though apparently burning plastic and capturing the energy may result in less CO2 release than putting it in a landfill: https://phys.org/news/2009-08-plastic.html https://phys.org/news/2009-08-plastic.html
- njarboe 8y agoWell plastic does not really contribute to climate change at the moment. Bacteria breaking down the plastic would release CO2 and thus contribute to climate change. These discussions on the internet so rarely bring any true insight to most topics, but the few nuggets that are rarely found sure make looking for it pretty addictive.
- Teever 8y agoThis isn't true. A significant amount of CO2 and other waste products are emitted when producing plastics.
- tdb7893 8y agoIs plastic used for those sorts of structures? I've had lots of plastic stuff degrade with exposure to sun and salt. What seems to last is stone and concrete to me