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[โ€“] Nudding@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's not how this works lol. We exploit a resource until we either run out of it or find a more easily exploitable resource. This will continue until we kill enough of ourselves that we can't maintain plastic production.

[โ€“] hikaru755@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

If that were true, we'd still have asbestos in everything. Regulation works.