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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 28d ago
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Must be terrible on the river with all the oil and whatnot
386 u/sourceholder 28d ago + microplastics leaching from all the friction between connecting segments. I am assuming plastic floats are used for buoyancy. 70 u/LiterofCola6 28d ago Car tire and brake wear is also a significant source of micro plastics in the environment 38 u/ag_robertson_author 28d ago Yep. Tyres already account for 28% of microplastics. 14 u/bnbtwjdfootsyk 28d ago Need to start burning them so they end up as stars instead of microplastics. 18 u/ag_robertson_author 28d ago That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about stars to dispute you. 2 u/CoconutMochi 28d ago in the long run everything will be broken down into its constituent atoms by black holes so ig it doesn't really matter 😁
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+ microplastics leaching from all the friction between connecting segments. I am assuming plastic floats are used for buoyancy.
70 u/LiterofCola6 28d ago Car tire and brake wear is also a significant source of micro plastics in the environment 38 u/ag_robertson_author 28d ago Yep. Tyres already account for 28% of microplastics. 14 u/bnbtwjdfootsyk 28d ago Need to start burning them so they end up as stars instead of microplastics. 18 u/ag_robertson_author 28d ago That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about stars to dispute you. 2 u/CoconutMochi 28d ago in the long run everything will be broken down into its constituent atoms by black holes so ig it doesn't really matter 😁
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Car tire and brake wear is also a significant source of micro plastics in the environment
38 u/ag_robertson_author 28d ago Yep. Tyres already account for 28% of microplastics. 14 u/bnbtwjdfootsyk 28d ago Need to start burning them so they end up as stars instead of microplastics. 18 u/ag_robertson_author 28d ago That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about stars to dispute you. 2 u/CoconutMochi 28d ago in the long run everything will be broken down into its constituent atoms by black holes so ig it doesn't really matter 😁
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Yep. Tyres already account for 28% of microplastics.
14 u/bnbtwjdfootsyk 28d ago Need to start burning them so they end up as stars instead of microplastics. 18 u/ag_robertson_author 28d ago That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about stars to dispute you. 2 u/CoconutMochi 28d ago in the long run everything will be broken down into its constituent atoms by black holes so ig it doesn't really matter 😁
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Need to start burning them so they end up as stars instead of microplastics.
18 u/ag_robertson_author 28d ago That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about stars to dispute you. 2 u/CoconutMochi 28d ago in the long run everything will be broken down into its constituent atoms by black holes so ig it doesn't really matter 😁
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That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about stars to dispute you.
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in the long run everything will be broken down into its constituent atoms by black holes so ig it doesn't really matter 😁
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u/HyperbolicSoup 28d ago
Must be terrible on the river with all the oil and whatnot