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>Do you have any ideas? Who is thinking and writing about this? How does one capture the excitement and hype of space to the actual importance of the ocean? Bi

>Do you have any ideas? Who is thinking and writing about this? How does one capture the excitement and hype of space to the actual importance of the ocean? Bioplastics are probably a big factor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioplastic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioplastic Dont need to clean up plastic in the ocean if it properly biodegrades. We need to get it to scale and costs low enough to replace oil based plastics. Which might be virtually impossible because if oil stops being used for fuel, it'll end up increasing and becoming cheaper for plastics. Eventually though the scarcity of oil and the extensive availability of corn and potatoes means you win.

SuoDuanDao 5y ago
>Eventually though the scarcity of oil and the extensive availability of corn and potatoes means you win. Or hemp for that matter[1]. Might be possible to dominate a luxury niche first, then move into mass-consumption; one thing I think Tesla Motors demonstrated very well is that people will pay a premium for an untested product that might do good for the world, so long as there's a status signal involved. [1]https://hempzoo.com/products/hemp-filament-3d-printing https://hempzoo.com/products/hemp-filament-3d-printing