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* Forever chemicals are a huge problem, and even TFA does not give any hope at all in reducing the insane amounts of PFAS and related chemicals in the environment. We need to stop releasing mind-boggling amounts of it before we come up with nifty techniques to destroy a few millilitres of it

* We have found enzymes that degrade PET, which is highly recyclable anyway. There are no hints at all that we would be able to first find enzymes for the hundreds of other plastics, and then manufacture and release enough into the environment to make a difference.

* The seriousness of climate change has been communicated in every single way across the spectrum of possible approaches. Our civilization is simply not equipped to handle a problem of this magnitude. We are past the point of no return, and if you actually looked into our energy usage and what it would take to solve this with technology, you would come to the same conclusion. But feel free to keep denying it, makes no difference in the end.




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