Comment on Worldbuilding
kapulsa@feddit.org 2 weeks agoAgree with all points except the availability of plastic.
There might have been more wood, but the mass of plastic is enormous. I remember that it’s more than the mass of all animals. The value should be from this study, but it’s closed access, so I can’t check.
Blooper@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
Wouldn’t it also be pertinent that we store a lot of waste plastic with our other plastics? I mean, our landfills are pitri dishes for a massive variety of microbes to have a go at consuming plastic. Compared to a much less diverse population of those that would have been around at the time to learn to consume wood.