Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study

Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by dTal on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:34PM (#16796736)

We will never run out of oil, as it can be synthesized from organic waste (basically just by cooking the crap out of it). Right now it's not really a profitable enterprise in competition with ground based oil, but at some point it will be. And it's carbon neutral (as is everything that doesn't involve digging up basically pure carbon and burning it).

Of course, all of your other points are spot on. It is irresponsible to use such a permanent material for so much disposable stuff.

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by bordercases on Monday April 09, 2018 @05:42PM (#16797253)

> We will never run out of oil, as it can be synthesized from organic waste (basically just by cooking the crap out of it)

What's the efficiency of that? How long are you willing to wait if you don't use combustible carbons?

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by dTal on Monday April 09, 2018 @06:00PM (#16797371)

Supposedly, fueling the process by burning the product is about 85% efficient [1]. Regardless, the point is we will always be able to make plastic, even when the wells dry up. The worst that'll happen is the price will go up.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization

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