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Re:Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic d... by Thlom on Sunday November 29, 2020 @05:04PM (#25248514)
Can mass personal car usage ever be sustainable? Just the land use to support car usage is insane.
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Re:Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic d... by djrogers on Sunday November 29, 2020 @07:48PM (#25249626)
The planet has enough land to support many orders of magnitude more roads than we currently use. What leads you to think this is a problem?
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Re:Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic d... by rini17 on Monday November 30, 2020 @08:59AM (#25253706)
Not really, the US is only 3 orders of magnitude away from being 100% paved over. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070719230638A...
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Re:Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic d... by pretendscholar on Sunday November 29, 2020 @09:49PM (#25250291)
Do you honestly think they mean that we are physically running out of room on the planet to put roads?
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Re:Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic d... by supertrope on Monday November 30, 2020 @12:13AM (#25250930)
In addition to the roads and parking lots land is utilized to mine raw materials for producing the machine and fuel or charge it.
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Re:Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic d... by nine_k on Sunday November 29, 2020 @08:08PM (#25249755)
The needed concentration.
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Re:Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic d... by njarboe on Sunday November 29, 2020 @09:57PM (#25250327)
Thus The Boring Company and lots of tunnels.
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