[ExI] Fwd: A plastic teaspoon of plastic in yer brain

[Keith Henson]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat
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> Microplastics are the size of dust grains. I am not sure there is an
> feasible way to gather enough of it to turn it into syngas.

I agree.  The proposal is to turn plastics in trash into syngas before
they disintegrate to microplastics.

> Plastics in
> general are an effective way to stably sequester carbon and keep it out
> the atmosphere.

I don't think the amount is significant.

> I think the climate would be better off if we just kept
> the plastic in landfills and use dead wood and underbrush to make syngas
> and diesel.

Landfills are a substantial source of methane which is a much worse
greenhouse gas than CO2.  I also wonder how you would collect enough
brush.

> This would make it economical and profitable to clear
> fire-prone areas like California of kindling and fuel for wildfires.
> Just a thought.

Can you put numbers on this?  The AIs might help

Keith

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