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No-Comparison8472 t1_ircygm5 wrote

Reply to comment by 303elliott in Widely used sewer pipe repair technology creates and emits nanoplastics into the air by ajwhelton

Don't under estimate nanoplastic pollution severity though, it is really bad. But you are right that total emissions should be accounted for

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303elliott t1_ird02la wrote

I didn't mean to come across as underestimating the severity of that issue, however I don't see this as being anywhere near a major contributor. If we are going to start taking micro plastic pollution seriously, there are hundreds of worse offenders to tackle before we reach this industry

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Nonanonymousnow t1_ird3eea wrote

God I wish the world would adopt and abide by paretos for things like global warming, water usage, etc ...

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Travianer t1_irdfb6k wrote

What do you mean by this?

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mauxfaux t1_irdfre9 wrote

I think (?) he means that by identifying and actually addressing the 20% of the known worst offenders in each category, we would likely eliminate 80% of the problems associated with each category.

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round-earth-theory t1_irdfw2e wrote

Everyone's favorite fabric is a major source of these fibers.

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Illustrious_Crab1060 t1_irjdcjq wrote

Good for temperature regulation and not freezing to death after sweeting but bad for the environment and us eventually

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manfre t1_ire3ivj wrote

There may be worse industries, but we shouldn't ignore/defer smaller contributors. We can work on improving any we identify in parallel.

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