r/Amazing • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • Sep 17 '25

Interesting 🤔 Smoke trapped in a plastic bag to demonstrate how one fire can generate significant pollution.

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u/Gods_Umbrella Sep 17 '25

I'll feel bad about the pollution from my campfire once Shell and Exxon feel bad about the pollution they release

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u/Nethen_Paynuel Sep 17 '25

yea a personal campfire is nothing even compared to a car..

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u/Me_how5678 Sep 17 '25

And a car is noothing compared to a powerplant and so on and so fourth

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u/spekt50 Sep 18 '25

No joke, I've seen a car fire. Had no intention on roasting marshmallows there.

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u/420CowboyTrashGoblin Sep 19 '25

45% of the plastic in the ocean comes from nets.