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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Seeing as we don't fully understand the effects of micro plastics, it might not be.

I'm still convinced that micro plastics will be the final nail in humanity's coffin, not climate change.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago*

    I think worrying about something that's an unknown risk while ignoring the very real known risk is somewhat illogical. Especially since I'd imagine there are more than 2 possible solutions for a problem like this. Also this assumes that the produce wouldn't end up being packaged in some form of plastic at some point before arriving to the consumer anyway.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    And that's why I think they'll be the nail in our coffin.

    Humanity can survive climate change; adapting to our environment is one of the reasons we're the dominant life form.

    Obviously this isn't saying that climate change is good, but humans have made it through a bottle neck before. But you can't survive a bottle neck if you can't make more people.

    Plus, the environment would recover when most of humanity is wiped out. Plastics are here for the next few hundred years at least.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh nooo... Not the fertility. We definitely aren't an overpopulated species putting extreme strain on all our environments and the planet as a whole. How can we get by if some, not all, breeders can't fulfill their animalistic urge to have shitty kids?

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