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#### [[Clean electricity could make plastics a carbon sink]]
While the production of [[plastics]] produces [[CO2]],
much of it actually ends up within the plastic itself.
This carbon would stay in the plastic until the plastic degrades--which takes hundreds of years.
A similar but less efficient process could take place for [[concrete]].
> ![[10_Sources/books - How to Avoid a Climate Disaster#^308344252]]
> ![[10_Sources/books - How to Avoid a Climate Disaster#^308667892]]
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**Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING
*edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022*
**Topics**:: [[climate change]], [[clean electricity]], [[plastics]]
#### References
![[How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates#^citation]]
> ![[10_Sources/books - How to Avoid a Climate Disaster#^308344253]]