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You are right, seems I had a bad source—density is closer to 1.1-1.5 g/cm^3 than the 0.5 I used. So only 50 cubic km...
by ericbarrett 6y ago
You are right, seems I had a bad source—density is closer to 1.1-1.5 g/cm^3 than the 0.5 I used. So only 50 cubic km...
- karamanolev 6y agoIn your post you mentioned 0.05, so that's not a factor of 3 off of 1.5, but instead a factor of 30...
- ericbarrett 6y agoA little more formally, with sources: Density of plastic: https://omnexus.specialchem.com/polymer-properties/properties/density https://omnexus.specialchem.com/polymer-properties/propertie... - Eyeballed at 1.2 g/cm^3 Plastic waste, lifetime: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782 - 6.3 megatonnes (2017) 6.3 Mt / (1.2 g/cm^3) = 5250000 (5.25 million) m^3 = 0.00525 km^3 You were right! My math was way off. Thanks for noticing. This is a great demonstration of peer review :)