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What the plan to deal with this? People make fun of doomers, but this unfixable. PS: originally this said boomers, but I meant Doomers, as I. People who run ar
by ClumsyPilot 2y ago
What the plan to deal with this? People make fun of doomers, but this unfixable.
PS: originally this said boomers, but I meant Doomers, as I. People who run around screaming the world is doomed
- KingFelix 2y agonanobots?
- throwanem 2y agoJust the thing when you've swallowed a fly.
- evanjrowley 2y agoNanobots in the Olfactory Bulb of the Human Brain (2030)
- throwanem 2y ago...what are those sha512 hashes doing in the author list?
- Hunpeter 2y agoNanomachines, son.
- cubefox 2y agoa.k.a. enzymes
- kibwen 2y agoLead and asbestos in housing and consumer products were similarly intractable, but we (mostly) banned them anyway. We're still dealing with removal and mitigation decades later, but at least those problem aren't getting any worse. At some point you have to say enough is enough and ban plastics in contexts where they're most likely to find pathways into the biosphere: food containers, disposable goods, clothes, car tires, water pipes, etc. Just because the problem will take centuries to resolve doesn't mean that we can't start now.
- ClumsyPilot 2y agoThis is not in housing, it’s in the water, in the snow, it’s everywhere forever.
- cubefox 2y agoI think you are confusing plastics with so-called forever chemicals.
- 1d22a 2y agoI'm not sure they are. Microplastics have been found in snow[1] and in "oceans, air and food supply"[2]. Additionally, the so-called forever chemicals (PFAS) originated with PTFE (Teflon) plastic, and PFAS 'forever chemicals' are used to produce polymers used in plastics, rubber and fabrics so they are intimately linked with plastics and microplastics. 1: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61739159 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61739159 2: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x
- hypeatei 2y agoLawyers. If harmful effects are found decades later, then we'll be entitled to compensation! How fun.
- ClumsyPilot 2y agoThis will affect every child In The world for many generations. Who is paying these damages in trillions? Even if you were to pin it on specific companies, they would go bancrupt.
- hypeatei 2y agoIt was more of a joke because usually compensation is next to nothing in large class actions. Basically, we don't really care.
- moffkalast 2y agoHere's your 3 dollars, don't spend it all in one place.
- reedf1 2y agoEnzymes