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Re:Plastic-based fuels may present an “unreasonable risk” to... by checkyoursudo on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @06:40AM (#34968237)
> most of the consumers of said plastics are living longer than previous generations

Can we say, for sure, that this is true? My grandma just died a few years ago. I couldn't tell you exactly when the plastic revolution happened, but I would say it was significantly long after she became an adult. I'm not sure we are at the point of knowing yet whether my plastic generation outlives my grandma's non-plastic generation, statistically speaking.

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Re:Plastic-based fuels may present an “unreasonable risk” to... by mrtranscendence on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @10:02AM (#34970017)
Use of plastic started exploding in the 60s and 70s, so it would depend on how old your grandma was. But sixty years is a fairly substantial length of time for exposure.
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