| Tango01 | 08 Aug 2017 11:44 a.m. PST |
"US scientists have calculated the total amount of plastic ever made and put the number at 8.3 billion tonnes. It is an astonishing mass of material that has essentially been created only in the last 65 years or so. The 8.3 billion tonnes is as heavy as 25,000 Empire State Buildings in New York, or a billion elephants. The great issue is that plastic items, like packaging, tend to be used for very short periods before being discarded…"
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| Choctaw | 08 Aug 2017 12:39 p.m. PST |
People can't drink water from a faucet anymore. |
| Zephyr1 | 08 Aug 2017 2:19 p.m. PST |
Plastic is the one thing Nature hasn't evolved enough to create on it's own… ;-) |
| sillypoint | 08 Aug 2017 4:00 p.m. PST |
Future generations will shake their head in wonder… |
| CorroPredo | 08 Aug 2017 4:20 p.m. PST |
And that has to do with wargaming, because…? |
| jhancock | 08 Aug 2017 5:39 p.m. PST |
That is utterly driveling, which is what this board is about! Thanks, Tango01! |
| jdginaz | 08 Aug 2017 11:18 p.m. PST |
I wonder if they included the production using recycled plastics in their totals? |
| Mikasa | 09 Aug 2017 1:23 a.m. PST |
Hopefully a biodegradable alternative isn't far off, and then we need to find ways to dispose of what we have. The figures for plastic contamination in the oceans are horrifying |
| Old Wolfman | 09 Aug 2017 7:18 a.m. PST |
Reminds me of a George Carlin classic that the Earth may just turn the situation into a new paradigm,"The Earth Plus Plastic". Can be found in his "Jammin' In New York" CD/HBO special. Track-"The Earth Is Fine". |
| PrivateSnafu | 09 Aug 2017 8:30 a.m. PST |
Even the utter drivel is supposed to be wargamng related. Down with excessive sprue frames! |
| Tango01 | 09 Aug 2017 11:21 a.m. PST |
How curious … I do not see the same questioning in other threads like these ones… (smile) TMP link TMP link TMP link TMP link TMP link To mention just a few down there … very close …(smile)
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| nochules | 09 Aug 2017 12:36 p.m. PST |
My wife seems to think I have 8.3 billion tons of plastic miniatures. I can use this to show her that it must be less than that. |
| jdginaz | 10 Aug 2017 11:38 a.m. PST |
They claim that plastic isn't biodegradable but leave it out in a couple of Arizona summers and it degrades pretty quickly. jdg |
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