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0 pointsspodek6y ago0 comments

The problem isn't the volume. It's the distribution.

Some of it is in your bloodstream. And your children's, messing with your and their endocrine systems, among other problems. Some of it is in the bellies animals around the world. How do you plan to get it?

We can't beat the laws of thermodynamics. The stuff is out there and dispersing more.

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mehrdadn6y ago

You had me until thermodynamics. We're obviously not getting every substance in our bloodstream like we are with plastics so I don't think thermodynamics is the issue here.

FlyingAvatar6y ago

I think he was referring specifically to entropy in his reference to thermodynamics. Once we extract the source materials from the earth, turn them into plastics and distribute them, there is no cheap way to undo it.

mehrdadn6y ago

The following sentence was about dispersion in the world and not about the chemical reactions in creating plastic, so I don't think that's what was meant.

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0 pointsspodek6y ago0 comments

The problem isn't the volume. It's the distribution.

We can't beat the laws of thermodynamics. The stuff is out there and dispersing more.

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mehrdadn6y ago

You had me until thermodynamics. We're obviously not getting every substance in our bloodstream like we are with plastics so I don't think thermodynamics is the issue here.

FlyingAvatar6y ago

mehrdadn6y ago

The following sentence was about dispersion in the world and not about the chemical reactions in creating plastic, so I don't think that's what was meant.

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