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Carbon capture is for fossil fuel industry what recycling is for plastic industry. Everyone knows it doesn’t work and we still keep trying.

• the_cat_kittles 3y ago
  you absolutely can recycle some plastics. hdpe, ldpe, eps to name a few. doesnt mean they are good, or we should keep using them. but you are wrong in general
  • darth_avocado 3y ago
    There is a difference between can theoretically and can practically. That’s why we landfill or burn >90% of plastics. https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-...
    • the_cat_kittles 3y ago
      you said it doesnt work- so i pointed out it does in fact work, in the literal sense. if you were implying that it doesnt work economically, then its more complicated. look at some of the eu, they successfully recycle a lot more thanks to more regulation and perhaps subsidies. so, it could work better here in america, if there were more laws as well as incentives. i run a eps (styrofoam) recycling facility btw.