Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ...
by paulryanrogers on Saturday February 20, 2021 @09:34PM
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It's tradeoffs all around. We each get to decide where our personal responsibility begins and ends. As a society we negotiate together in choosing leaders to preserve our way of life.
As people become more educated their positions can change. We don't have to settle for one solution forever or give up just because there isn't absolute agreement.
Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ...
by tachyonbeam on Saturday February 20, 2021 @09:26PM
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I agree that there are always people whining, no matter which solution you might suggest (unfortunately). However, I'm invested in three companies that build electric trucks, and there are more and more renewables on the grid. Multiple companies are tackling the problem of energy storage as well. Change is happening.
One concerned citizen will point out that glass is heavier and supposedly uses more diesel to move around and requires more trucks to do so. Another concerned citizen will point out that more carbon is used in firing sand into glass. Still another will tell you that the warm water used to clean a used bottle will also produce carbon.
The only answer is to move next to a spring and drink the water with your hands, but some other person will be concerned that you are disrupting the spring’s ecology.