> At this speed of advancement in less than 100 years I am sure we will have figure out something for the plastic we have generated meanwhile.
The problem is that today's plastic, in far less than 100 years, is reasonably likely to be finely divided into small numbers of molecule sized chunks, and spread evenly throughout the entire biological systems of the planet. We find microplastic in ants in the middle of untouched forestland, because it spreads so well on the wind.
> ...and advance technology as fast as we can.
It's an interesting gamble, certainly - solving the problems created by our current technological development path by pushing further down that development path.
It's just not one I expect to work. You don't generally solve problems by "doing more of what made them in the first place."
The problem is that today's plastic, in far less than 100 years, is reasonably likely to be finely divided into small numbers of molecule sized chunks, and spread evenly throughout the entire biological systems of the planet. We find microplastic in ants in the middle of untouched forestland, because it spreads so well on the wind.
> ...and advance technology as fast as we can.
It's an interesting gamble, certainly - solving the problems created by our current technological development path by pushing further down that development path.
It's just not one I expect to work. You don't generally solve problems by "doing more of what made them in the first place."