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Not disagreeing that plastic is a concern, but calling it one of the biggest threats? I recall it is negligible compared to climate change and expanding land us
by david_draco 3y ago
Not disagreeing that plastic is a concern, but calling it one of the biggest threats? I recall it is negligible compared to climate change and expanding land use, which can be addressed by reducing meat, flying, consumption, and increasing regulation, carbon tax, and all the other good things that various NGOs have advocated for years.
- Erratic6576 3y agoSo many urgent threats. It’s mostly checkmate
- bamboozled 3y agoIt's been almost checkmate from the beginning.
- CWIZO 3y agoThe good thing about reducing/ eliminating meat consumption is that it would actually help with plastic as well. Mainly because the fishing industry is responsible for over 50% of the plastic pollution in the oceans. And because you reduce the packaging waste of all that meat being sold.
- born-jre 3y agoi would certainly rant just below climate change so think it deserves one of the biggest title for sure.
- whyoh 3y ago>I recall it is negligible compared to climate change and expanding land use We don't really know how much damage plastic/chemical pollution is doing. It could easily be more than climate change.
- carapace 3y agoIf plastic pollution kills the plankton it's all over. We eat more fish than land mammals. If the plankton go, the fish go and we follow not long after. Oh yeah, edit to add, if the plankton go, the oxygen goes too, so we might see the whole planet shift back to anaerobic conditions. Not fun. > It is estimated that about 50% of the world's oxygen is produced via phytoplankton photosynthesis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankton#Oxygen_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankton#Oxygen_production