Paddy Cow wrote: » Unless the internet goes kaput, they won't have to go digging. Absolutely everything is online.
Ipso wrote: » Yeah, onions are way to harsh and hot.
mzungu wrote: » An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. Our sense of taste is 80% made up of our sense of smell. If you were to blindfold yourself and plug your nose, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between them.
Wibbs wrote: » .... As a kid I used to eat onions as others eat apples. I was a weird kid, not a lot has changed.
Wibbs wrote: » As a kid I used to eat onions as others eat apples. I was a weird kid, not a lot has changed.
Wibbs wrote: » Increasing complexity and specialisation and rapid change is a recipe for disaster for longevity.
Paddy Cow wrote: » It sounds like one of those myths like "there are more people alive today, than have lived for all humanity". I posted that believing it 100% and swiftly got told otherwise
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » I don't feel so bad now eating lemons like everyone else eating oranges.
Wibbs wrote: » A while back I was musing on my car which was manufactured* in 1998 and realised that the fact that of all plastics manufactured ever, fifty percent have been manufactured since it rolled off the production line. Now that's a sobering and scary thought.*I think more created/born. My mechanic and friend calls it my "pet car".
Wibbs wrote: » A while back I was musing on my car which was manufactured* in 1998 and realised that the fact that of all plastics manufactured ever, fifty percent have been manufactured since it rolled off the production line. Now that's a sobering and scary thought.
Conchir wrote: » The growth of the whole thing is insane. This also reminded me of one more thing. Of all the plastics produced annually, less than 50% are accounted for through landfill, recycling etc. This means that the other 50% is just out there somewhere. Now a good chunk of that will be in use in products such as cameras, toys, electronics (the list goes on and on). But given the popularity of single-use plastics, a huge amount of this 50% is presumably just discarded somewhere.
Conchir wrote: » Speaking of what future civilisations may find of us, one thing is plastic. Plastic doesn't biodegrade and is very long-lived in the environment. Due to this persistence, plastic has been suggested as a future stratigraphic indicator for the proposed Anthropocene epoch (in a similar way to ice cores and rock formations for older geological epochs and eons). So, future geologists may be looking for layers of plastic on land and in marine cores in order to locate the 20th and 21st centuries. One thing that gets a lot of coverage now is the problem of microplastics. Most of the media coverage is on microbeads, tiny pieces of plastic that are used in facial scrubs and other cosmetics. These are a type of primary microplastic, which is constructed intentionally to be that size. However, there are probably many more secondary microplastic particles in the environment; these originate from larger pieces of plastic, which break down into smaller pieces. While plastic doesn't biodegrade, it can undergo photodegradation, or breakdown by UV rays. That process causes plastic to become brittle, so it can then fall apart into many smaller pieces if it is acted on, say by wind or waves. Plastic photodegradation is very inefficient in water, where the low temperatures lower the rate of the process significantly. Therefore, it is currently thought that the majority of microplastics are formed on beaches, where the combination of sunlight, high temperature, and wave action cause large pieces of plastic to become brittle and break down into microplastics. From there, they are then transported into the water where they can be ingested by marine organisms and enter the food web. As most secondary microplastics form on beaches, ideas like the 2 minute beach clean can really help. Even one piece of plastic removed is potentially thousands of microplastic particles that won't enter the ocean. Microplastic particles have been found in plenty of marine organisms, particularly bivalves such as oysters. The actual pieces of plastic are thought not to have direct effects, but rather it's the additives that leach from the plastic that cause problems. A lot of these additives are classed as endocrine disruptors, meaning they can affect hormones. For example, oysters exposed to polystyrene microparticles have been found to have decreased sperm velocity and egg size, and also had their feeding behaviour affected. Microplastic particles were found in human poop for the first time earlier this year, though it was a very small study and there's been no findings of them having any effects like in marine species. The next step would be evidence of particles entering human bloodstreams via the digestive system; perhaps there will be work published on that soon though! There are many microbead bans in force or in the works around the world, and plastic alternatives are being researched for the future, so hopefully the supply of both primary and secondary microplastics may be reduced. However, it will be extremely difficult to remove the bits already in the environment; most pieces are small enough to be unaffected by conventional water treatment systems. Combine that with their longevity and we'll probably be dealing with the effects of our use of plastic for a very long time.
Deleted User wrote: » I'm surprised it's not more to be honest. And it just keeps ramping up and up and as the middle class gets larger they gots to have their bottled water.
Deleted User wrote: » I might be completely misremembering or just have internalised a dream or something but aren't hemp and other bio plastics basically ok but they're not bothered with? Even just considering the amount of fossil fuels used for plastics is insane.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » On current trends, the weight of plastic will exceed the weight of fish in the oceans by 2050.
Tell me how wrote: » Can I echo the above frustrations. I recently completed a thesis with a Circular Economy focus as I have always been concerned at the way in which packaging and other materials are designed to be disposed of so readily. The most annoying thing about it is, everyone will agree it's a disaster, everyone will say something should be done, and yet most people will continue to contribute to the mess in ways they don't really need to do. Plastic bottles, takeaway cups, deli-counter food containers etc. Personally, I think it will take more and more legislation to limit use of such materials in this way and then the industry will change to either make them wholly reusable or for them to become a raw material for another process in some manner. Or to replace them with organic based materials. When the government (or more likely the EU) do step in, people will complain about them and their rules and so on, but, even then, the fear is it'll be reactionary rather that proactive and so much damage will have been done which could have been avoided. On a positive note, if we do look towards more efficient use of materials and recycling then there could be immediate benefits. It is estimated that a reduction of 2% in material consumption through resource efficiency could result in savings of close to €1B and that there is potential for up to 5,000 jobs to be created in activities relating to the recycling of plastics, paper and WEEE etc.
Paddy Cow wrote: » When my sister was a toddler, we did that thing where we gave her a lemon slice expecting her to hate it but she loved it :eek: What is wrong with you people Are ye just born bitter? :pac:
mr chips wrote: » Some teabags don't use plastic. Twinings is one, not sure of others.
KevRossi wrote: » Loose tea leaves don't use plastic
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