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How to double the country’s power, no land required (i.stuff.co.nz)
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While this looks promising, I'm not sure I like the idea of introducing more plastic into our waterways. Does anyone know if our filteration systems are capable of filtering out micro/nanoplastics?

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[–] livus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree with your general point but I just want to add a caveat

land that has very little economic value in terms of agricultural potential

Native environment is also a good use of land.

I think globally we're just at the "and find out" stage of realizing that actually, there is a value in the earth being its natural self, and an economic price to pay if not enough of it is.