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[-] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

what-the-hell starting to feel like all this plastic business might not be good for the long term health of the planet

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

The planet is fine, it will be fine long after we are gone.

It is our civilization is seems to be fucked.

[-] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

Sure but I'm including the biosphere as a part of the planet. Rocks are cool and all but life is much cooler imo

[-] i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

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.

this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2024

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