Comment by dukeofdoom

5 hours ago

This implies in the future plastic will rot like wood.

Yup. In most cases, not a big deal. Plumbing, however, is going to be a nightmare.

  • A lot of cities are in the process of replacing lead pipes with plastic. Replacing them again is going to be a huge burden, especially with an increasingly aging population and fewer people to do manual labor unless we have some sort of good automation for manual labor.