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Scientists have figured out way to make algae-based plastic that completely decomposes (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is exciting news. Repubs pretend climate change is a myth because the oil industry has them in pocket. The smarter take would be to cheer for all the economic incentives to build new markets that are sustainable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

In this case, the potential doesn't relate to climate change, but to pollution. It might make carbon a teensy bit worse, but probably not enough to matter (and growing the algae would presumably more than offset that tiny bit).