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Walkop t1_j32mqlk wrote

Reply to comment by crackeddryice in Swedish sledges; bought 40 years ago. Still in use. by joepinapples

Plastic is actually an incredible material, probably the greatest material invention of our time; it just so happens that it's also very, very easy to make it into cheap crap. Quality plastic has very very good characteristics.

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Mr_K_2u t1_j344dke wrote

Also easy for it to break down to a micro level and soon kill us all or do nothing at all. IDR if we ever found out what micro plastics do to us.

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Walkop t1_j34mzau wrote

Especially for cheap crap.

Microplastics would not be a big deal at all if we didn't turn plastic into a one time use product that fills the streets with untold millions of tons of garbage littered across the surface of the globe.

There's nothing wrong with plastic itself. It's the blatant and disgusting misuse of it that's the problem.

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oakteaphone t1_j3490fi wrote

>IDR if we ever found out what micro plastics do to us.

"Found" out?

We're actively finding out.

Some microplastics reduce sperm count and testosterone levels, though!

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Mr_K_2u t1_j34i7oi wrote

As in the actual totality of the affect. I remember being told what you said but I never looked into it.

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oragamihawk t1_j35rgrz wrote

CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) is becoming really common in automotive and aerospace

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