Researchers unlock cheap way to vaporize plastic and use it to make more plastic
Researchers unlock cheap way to vaporize plastic and use it to make more plastic
"vaporize"
Stand back, microplastics, here comes vaporplastics.
49 0 ReplyPlastics are only plastics when many separate (often gaseous) molecules called monomers form large chains or webs called polymers. If you vaporize a polymer, it gets reverted to being many monomers
33 0 ReplyGreat info, I was just making a bad joke. Thanks for the clarifications.
24 0 ReplyAre monomers harmless?
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Vaporware.
8 0 ReplySmell that? That’s called freedumb
7 0 ReplyIn 2095, 70% of all children's eyes will contain vapor plastic.
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If it will help us clean up our mess, then great.
But it's not going to make it okay to continue churning out disposable plastics. We need the tech and we need to stop.
15 0 ReplyThat doesn't make sense. If we could reuse the same plastics over and over, they would be the ultimate in sustainable materials.
3 0 ReplyI think it would still break down and be in everything..
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Yeah they talk about this kind of stuff in this story and how it isn't going to save us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR2sYlDqdnw&t=762s
13 0 Replywell that was depressing
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That's [email protected] material.
7 0 ReplyFinally
7 0 Reply"Researchers," meaning there's no reason to believe this is actually practical and there is no mention of the energy costs. The latter is especially important because as bad as microplastics are, climate change is just as bad, if not worse.
5 0 ReplyEverything started as a proof of concept with no practical value at first. Like the transistor.
I think for me, if we have a way to keep a substantial portion from entering the environment, that’s something.
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they had me in the first half
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