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>the only way the world gets off plastic is we replace it with something else. Most humans are selfish and are not willing to make sacrifices for the greater go
by cultofmetatron 2y ago
>the only way the world gets off plastic is we replace it with something else. Most humans are selfish and are not willing to make sacrifices for the greater good
so true... people forget that plastic saved elephants because it offered a compelling ivory alternative and fossil fuels saved the whales by offering a cheaper alternative to whale oil.
- graemep 2y agoIvory and whale oil are renewables :)
- malka 2y agoUp to a point.
- davrosthedalek 2y agoYes, but it's an important point. Just because something is renewable in principle, it doesn't mean it's renewable in practice at scale. I think this is also true for some of the "but it's renewable" modern stuff.
- bastawhiz 2y agoThey nearly weren't
- bdcravens 2y agoSo are fossil fuels if you wait long enough.
- aitchnyu 2y agoYou mean the atmosphere will no longer have free oxygen? How are we supposed to burn the new fossil fuels?