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Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last... by BirAdam on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @09:30AM (#40366684)
Well, also, plastic waste getting dumped in water ways, and in the USA, steel and coal waste being dumped into the Ohio (causing a huge dead zone in the Gulf). There are serious pollution problems everywhere, and I kind of hate the climate change narrative for taking people’s eyes off of those problems.
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Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last... by trashtester on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @10:33AM (#40367492)
AI is already developing enzymes that can break down plastics. Put them on bacteria, and that plastic may stop being a problem quickly.
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Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last... by kmeisthax on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @11:09AM (#40367980)
Which is great until plastics that we want to keep using start getting eaten by bacteria.
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Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last... by trashtester on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @11:55AM (#40368609)
sure. we may have to chose whether or not plastics should be biodegradable. Cant have your cake and eat it, too.
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Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last... by Filligree on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @12:58PM (#40369486)
Wood is biodegradable, but wood houses work anyway. Ditto cotton. So long as you keep things dry they don’t tend to rot.
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Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last... by trashtester on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @01:12PM (#40369672)
Exactly. Plastic will be the same at some point. Natural selection would probably lead to plastic-eating bacteria anyway. DeepMind's enzymes are just a way to speed it up.
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