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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoLet’s make microplancton plastic toys. Wait. What about microplastics in the oceans ?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThey will become new oil in a million years.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThey won’t. There are bacteria that eat plastic. There is no path* to creating oil or coal again, biology is too good at breaking hydrocarbon precursors *Except by deliberate human industry
Actually, it’s mostly plancton.
Let’s make microplancton plastic toys.
Wait. What about microplastics in the oceans ?
They will become new oil in a million years.
They won’t. There are bacteria that eat plastic. There is no path* to creating oil or coal again, biology is too good at breaking hydrocarbon precursors
*Except by deliberate human industry