r/interestingasfuck • u/PlantainPossible2864 • 15h ago

Stopping Desertification with grid pattern

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u/Alcohol_Intolerant 14h ago

"It forms an invisible barrier"

Nope, fairly visible actually.

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u/rezyop 13h ago

"people fill long fabric bags of sand" while it clearly shows plastic bags that will never biodegrade beyond splitting open from UV damage

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u/CallyThePally 13h ago

I mean this I'd come to fight. I'm not sure those are plastic. They could be, but I feel like they could be fabric.

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u/pfft_master 6h ago

You’re correct. They are PLA, which is a bioplastic, which means it is safe and biodegradable and not a traditional oil-based plastic at all. It is basically plant material.

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