alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoChina develops “plastic” from bamboo cellulose that can replicate or surpass the properties of many widely used plastics and biodegrades in 50 daysinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1747arrow-down120
arrow-up1727arrow-down1external-linkChina develops “plastic” from bamboo cellulose that can replicate or surpass the properties of many widely used plastics and biodegrades in 50 daysinterestingengineering.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareastropenguin5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·22 hours agoThe thing is, oil is an incredible resource with properties unlike any other, so we should stop fucking burning it If all we we use oil for is solvents and lubrication and such, it would probably be perfectly fine, and we would have enough for centuries.
minus-squarebuzz86us@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoWe should also stop using it for food packaging. I don’t need the thing that is covering my vegetables to last for hundreds of years.
The thing is, oil is an incredible resource with properties unlike any other, so we should stop fucking burning it
If all we we use oil for is solvents and lubrication and such, it would probably be perfectly fine, and we would have enough for centuries.
We should also stop using it for food packaging. I don’t need the thing that is covering my vegetables to last for hundreds of years.