The plastic threat…is it being overstated?

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  • August 11, 2019 at 10:45 am #103884
    nittany ram
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    https://theconversation.com/plastic-poses-a-major-environmental-threat-but-is-it-being-over-stated-120175

    August 11, 2019 at 12:02 pm #103887
    wv
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    Well first off there’s this, about the author: “…some of his coastal litter surveys have been funded in part by PlasticsSA.”

    Doesn’t mean his writing is influenced by Big-Plastic, and it doesnt mean he’s wrong, but…this is why I live in a world of constant-skepticism. In a Corporotacracy, Who should i trust?

    At any rate, there’s this:

    “…Contrary to a great deal of media coverage which has placed plastic as environmental public enemy number one, I would argue that it’s not in the same league as the climate crisis, consumerism and human population growth which, collectively, threaten the biosphere…”

    Its just not very re-assuring to think that the Plastic-Crisis isnt quite as bad as all them other Crises,
    that collectively make up “The Situation.”

    Ya know. 🙂

    I drink coffee a lot of mornings, out of a disposable corporate plastic cup. I know I am going to the fifth level of Hell for this.

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    August 11, 2019 at 10:41 pm #103902
    nittany ram
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    wv wrote:

    Well first off there’s this, about the author: “…some of his coastal litter surveys have been funded in part by PlasticsSA.”

    Doesn’t mean his writing is influenced by Big-Plastic, and it doesnt mean he’s wrong, but…this is why I live in a world of constant-skepticism. In a Corporotacracy, Who should i trust?

    At any rate, there’s this:

    “…Contrary to a great deal of media coverage which has placed plastic as environmental public enemy number one, I would argue that it’s not in the same league as the climate crisis, consumerism and human population growth which, collectively, threaten the biosphere…”

    Its just not very re-assuring to think that the Plastic-Crisis isnt quite as bad as all them other Crises,
    that collectively make up “The Situation.”

    Ya know. 🙂

    I drink coffee a lot of mornings, out of a disposable corporate plastic cup. I know I am going to the fifth level of Hell for this.

    w
    v

    All that’s true. I just thought I would bring some potential good news to the board for a change.

    Plastic isn’t going to bury us in 10 years.

    More like 20.

    Yay.

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