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There's an easy way to put plastic back into the carbon cycle: burn it.
by betwixthewires 5y ago
There's an easy way to put plastic back into the carbon cycle: burn it.
- trainsarebetter 5y agoGasification + fractional distillation tech I think are really under utilized. In theory it’s a great way to reduce this non ecological material into fuel, in return into something that is ecologically compatible. plastic is just fuckd
- betwixthewires 5y agoCO2 is ecologically compatible. That's basically what long chain polymers reduce to if burned efficiently. And you can get energy out of them by burning them.
- trainsarebetter 5y agoYes that’s the point. gasification turns them into functional fuel’s. combusting them produces much “cleaner” gases than what burning plastic directly would produce.
- funcDropShadow 5y ago> CO2 is ecologically compatible. Yes, but it just kills the climate.
- trainsarebetter 5y agoHmm not so straightforward. it’s very necessary for all forums of plant life. its just a matter of to much in the atmosphere is not a good thing. The current climate issue movement fails to address the ecological problems at hand. It’s all about co2 levels and not about healthy ecosystems and integrating back into nature. Plastic waste is really fucking up out planet.
- hedora 5y agoEven better, bury it. It came from the ground, after all. Design the landfill to resist leaching and decomposition.
- betwixthewires 5y agoWell I made the comment to point out, with the climate change discussion and all, that the big point is we don't want this stuff entering the carbon cycle. If it's good for this stuff to enter the carbon cycle, then climate change due to CO2 isn't a problem, burn it. If it is a problem, then it should be sequestered from the carbon cycle, like the stuff that came from the ground was a billion years ago, and some complex way of basically burning it is counterproductive.