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I often think this will be known as "The Plastic Age" and we will be known by a layer of it in the sediment like the K-T boundary has iridium.
by JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
I often think this will be known as "The Plastic Age" and we will be known by a layer of it in the sediment like the K-T boundary has iridium.
- devenson 7y agoThe plastic layer will sequester the carbon previously sequestered as oil and coal.
- naravara 7y agoOver time it’s possible you’ll get some kind of fungus or yeast that can break the plastic down. This is already getting to be a problem in some modern art galleries where modernist plastic exhibits are slowly dissolving into (and smelling like) arctic acid because some novel strains of yeast showed up that could digest them.
- adammunich 7y agoWhere can I read more about this?
- naravara 7y agoI first read about back in 2009: https://slate.com/culture/2009/07/a-generation-of-plastic-art-objects-are-degrading-like-overused-tupperware-can-they-be-saved.html https://slate.com/culture/2009/07/a-generation-of-plastic-ar...
- rch 7y agoI've been calling it the Plasticene, and looking around now maybe a few other people do as well.