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		aaronblohowiak 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposabl... I think they are conflating Carboniferous Period / white rot slowing _coal_ formation with Oil formation.

bloppe 7 days ago [–]

Ah, yep. Did conflate coal with oil. I guess my nice analogy doesn't quite hold, but the point stands that plastic originally came from organic matter and is technically biodegradable.

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