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minton
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Lego breaks ground on first US manufacturing facil...
As of July 2015, 600 billion Lego parts had been produced.[1]
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego
fuzzfactor
on April 24, 2023
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That's quite a few pieces for every man, woman, and child on the planet.
blibble
on April 23, 2023
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I wonder how many cubic kilometers of plastic that is
layer8
on April 23, 2023
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Significantly less than one; probably just roughly a cubic hectometer at most. A cubic kilometer corresponds to about 1.6 x 10^15 1x1 Lego blocks, so over a quadrillion. 600 billion is only 0.6 x 10^12.
bombcar
on April 23, 2023
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400 Lego 2x4s makes a kilogram. So let’s say a cool billion kilograms.
adhesive_wombat
on April 23, 2023
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And since Lego essentially never is thrown away (except by spite or accident), that's more or less 1 megaton of carbon capture right there.
InitialLastName
on April 25, 2023
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I don't think you get to count plastic you produce from extracted sources as carbon capture.
adhesive_wombat
on April 30, 2023
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As long as you don't burn it, it's pre-emptive CCS. At least that's what I tell the investors.
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