I’m believe that all the plastic and other shite finding it’s way into the environment is terrible. When I could ride my bikes I’d be miles from any town or village and there would always be a McDonalds wrapper or crisp packets at every rest stop.
People are mostly lazy barstweards.
The planet will survive when humanity is gone, whether it’s by our own design (wars, which are very profitable) or just sheer laziness and ignorance.
There are organisms which thrive on consuming plastic.
OFC this doesn’t mean we should just sit back and do 2/10ths of bugger all to stop the pollution.
Electric cars are put forward as the ‘cure’ to urban pollution, they aren’t viable for the vast majority of the population. They also use a huge amount of resources to build, mostly for the batteries.
There is also some evidence that oil fields can replenish themselves, the Russians leave oil wells alone for years and come back to find them full again.
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