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Nature shows us that stuff needs to rot away. If it doesn't rot, it's not sustainable.
by Tepix 6y ago
Nature shows us that stuff needs to rot away. If it doesn't rot, it's not sustainable.
- michalhuman 6y agoIf there's enough stuff, nature will find a way to rot it :)
- pilsetnieks 6y agoThat's why Mars is all rotten through and through.
- nextaccountic 6y agoWell, perhaps it is? We don't know if there is life in Mars. Or if there was life at any point of its history.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoIt indeed is - it's rusted.
- pilsetnieks 6y agoRot is decomposition of organic matter; rust is a chemical reaction, oxidation, in fact.
- hobofan 6y agoThat may have been a pun on rust the fungus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus)
- TeMPOraL 6y agoFrom practical point of view, rusting is just inorganic version of rotting via oxidizing agents. Both happen naturally over time, given appropriate environment, and both result in interesting/useful stuff turning into less interesting/useful stuff.
- brmgb 6y agoNature shows us nothing. Nature is an abstraction for a collection of different systems in a state of dynamic equilibrium. What is unsustainable disappears and the rest remains as long as it can until it is replaced. Wood used to not rot for millions of years. That's where lignite comes from.
- myrmidon 6y agoThis is nonsensical. Rocks don't rot either.
- rataata_jr 6y agoOh my god, are you right. But they do weather away but at a much slower rate, they do turn into sand.
- eru 6y agoPlastic weathers away, too. And UV light breaks it down. People usually talk about shorter timescales when they want plastic to rot.
- eru 6y agoYou mean like granite?