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Does it explode too easily? Too much overhead?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Better to dump plastic in the ocean than convert to easily burned hydrocarbons

It's only a couple percent hydrogen by weight I think

A couple billion tons of plastic won't kill the oceans but a couple more degrees of warming will.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Don't tell them nuclear energy and renewables often involve boiling water, which heats the planet with waste energy.

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