☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 20 days agoAnalysis: We consume up to a credit card’s worth of plastic every weekwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down12
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkAnalysis: We consume up to a credit card’s worth of plastic every weekwww.cnn.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareCommunistBear [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·20 days ago starting to feel like all this plastic business might not be good for the long term health of the planet
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·20 days agoThe planet is fine, it will be fine long after we are gone. It is our civilization is seems to be fucked.
minus-squareCommunistBear [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·20 days agoSure but I’m including the biosphere as a part of the planet. Rocks are cool and all but life is much cooler imo
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoYeah. There’ll probably be a long period before plastic can be biodegraded, like it happened for wool/cellulose in pre-historic periods. At some point, a mushroom will learn how to use it efficiently and then it will all be degraded. We will be long gone by then.
The planet is fine, it will be fine long after we are gone.
It is our civilization is seems to be fucked.
Sure but I’m including the biosphere as a part of the planet. Rocks are cool and all but life is much cooler imo
Yeah. There’ll probably be a long period before plastic can be biodegraded, like it happened for wool/cellulose in pre-historic periods.
At some point, a mushroom will learn how to use it efficiently and then it will all be degraded.
We will be long gone by then.