The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoWe happy? Yeah, we happy.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1969arrow-down116
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minus-squareMagnetar@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·5 months agoBut the plastic already is captured carbon. Burning it and then capturing it again makes no sense at all. If you want to avoid the micro plastic, store it better, that’s still much cheaper.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoRight next to the nuclear waste, I guess?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoironically nuclear waste is way safer, because we have extremely strict standards for handling it. also most nuclear waste is just irradiated tools and clothing
But the plastic already is captured carbon. Burning it and then capturing it again makes no sense at all.
If you want to avoid the micro plastic, store it better, that’s still much cheaper.
Right next to the nuclear waste, I guess?
ironically nuclear waste is way safer, because we have extremely strict standards for handling it.
also most nuclear waste is just irradiated tools and clothing