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Re:Turning Plastic to Oil, U.K. Startup Sees Money in Saving... by thriftwy on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:52AM (#14308147)
Before long we're going to campaign protecting the unique ecosystem that arose on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Patch is shrinking, we will say, due to ongoing cleaning/mining operations, and its endemic creatures are struggling without their home.

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Re:Turning Plastic to Oil, U.K. Startup Sees Money in Saving... by graphitezepp on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:58AM (#14308202)
This idea feeds my current existential crisis nicely.
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Re:Turning Plastic to Oil, U.K. Startup Sees Money in Saving... by WhoBeI on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @12:55PM (#14309671)
:)

I wonder if, given time, an organism will evolve to make use of the plastic. Currently it's an untapped source of energy floating around the oceans and nature is really clever in finding ways to tap energy.

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