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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Captain Planet] Is there any advantage to not having Captain Planet summoned all the time?
gpt
The Planeteer's primary purpose is to prevent environmental disasters and stop pollution.

That is usually handled by the five Planeteers at separate times in separate places. Gi could be in China stopping a tsunami, while Linka is in Miami calming a hurricane, for example.

Having them be separate from Captain Planet and still empowered means Gaia can get five times the work done at the one time. Besides, most of the work the Planeteers do doesn't require the massive accumulated power of Captain Planet, anyways.

When the Eco-Villains manage to get one of their plots in full swing, however, sometimes the five rings just can't work well enough to handle the problem. Hence, Captain Planet. Here when he's needed, gone when he's not.