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crashtestpilot t1_jcme4we wrote
Reply to comment by blinkysmurf in Rolls-Royce go-ahead to build a nuclear reactor on Moon - Scientists and engineers are working on the micro-reactor programme that will help humans to live and work on Earth's natural satellite by Gari_305
Science!
Also, ask dinosaurs in re space programs.
Also, nice low grav point defense against incoming spicy rocks.
Also, read Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein.
crashtestpilot t1_jcmdrsd wrote
crashtestpilot t1_j1v1gpf wrote
Reply to comment by FrostyAcanthocephala in why are modern fantasy series so bad? by Hafeesco
I did NOT know that. How lovely!
crashtestpilot t1_j1uyvqv wrote
Reply to comment by FrostyAcanthocephala in why are modern fantasy series so bad? by Hafeesco
Black company, tanith lee if you like xanth, moorcock, lieber, all the OG stuff. And Zelazny.
crashtestpilot t1_j1ux5i8 wrote
Reply to comment by lehigh_larry in why are modern fantasy series so bad? by Hafeesco
Alas. It was not good enough to draw my affection.
crashtestpilot t1_j1ux1ni wrote
Reply to comment by FrostyAcanthocephala in why are modern fantasy series so bad? by Hafeesco
LeGuin. EARTHSEA.
crashtestpilot t1_itsnyzv wrote
Reply to comment by mirhagk in Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse by chrisdh79
Yep. Yep yep yep.
I love the idea of weaponizing mycelia or animals to help us save the planet we're all on.
But we threw it out, and we're going to have to help pick it up.
crashtestpilot t1_itsi4cj wrote
Reply to comment by mirhagk in Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse by chrisdh79
I like it.
I think we can do better, but your suggestion is accessible, and affordable.
It does NOT scale without behavioral change, but what does, really?
crashtestpilot t1_itseocn wrote
Reply to comment by mirhagk in Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse by chrisdh79
Good points again.
What if there were a small appliance in home that turns mixed plastic into bricks?
Because the trip the Land Fill is where we lose a lot of plastic into the environment.
crashtestpilot t1_its9xmj wrote
Reply to comment by mirhagk in Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse by chrisdh79
You make great points.
Now that it is trash, what then should we do to keep this waste out of the environment?
If you suggest incineration with insane chimney filters, and burning it for energy, I'm okay with that.
End of day it's about:
a) phasing out consumer use of plastic.
b) disposing of consumer plastic in ways that does not create more microplastics in the environment, and in our water.
I contend that if it's not about that, then we've limited our duration as a viable species.
crashtestpilot t1_itq43jp wrote
Reply to Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse by chrisdh79
What seems needful is passive distributed digesters that can operate at both community and metropolitan scales.
Some form of in home preprocessing could help as well.
We shall still need these kind of scaled municipal facilities throughout the phasing out of plastic, which will probably take into the next century.
crashtestpilot t1_jcpa1hm wrote
Reply to comment by blinkysmurf in Rolls-Royce go-ahead to build a nuclear reactor on Moon - Scientists and engineers are working on the micro-reactor programme that will help humans to live and work on Earth's natural satellite by Gari_305
And I acknowledge that defence is cooler with a c.
See, we can get along.