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RE: Solar energy is coming
Hey @propane, of course there is plenty of gas and oil available, question is, should we use it? There are also plenty of guns available haha but we shouldn't use those either ;) Except of course to protect our interests in,, ow wait, gas and oil... hmmmm. How about plastic bags that pollute the oceans? Ow wait those are also made from, yet again oil...
Less oil is less plastics, less war and less pollution. Seems like a pretty good deal to me ;)
Invent a low cost solution to plastic and I assure you we’ll use much less oil
How about, no plastic for for instance, cucumbers, there is no need to have them in plastic, peppers, bananas. There is so much stuff packaged in plastic, whilst we don't need to do that. Bananas, avocado's and other veggies and fruits have their own protection, a peel. Same with magazine's, toys etc etc. Use a cotton bag when you go to the supermarket instead of a plastic bag. There is so much plastic wasted every day that your question of an alternative, to me simply means, you didn't think about the fact that in a lot of cases we don't need a replacement at all.
Sure we could reduce plastic, but as long as your alive we’ll never stop using it. You got great dreams. They won’t become reality.
Well not with that pessimistic attitude they won't :P
I mean I get it, it would be hard to replace it all. But that doesn't matter. We do not have to replace all of it, but why not make the easy changes we can?
Maybe a little pessimistic I’ll admit. I’m just being honest about it. Everyone knows we should cut back but gives no viable solutions.
Well I'm giving viable solutions right here. When looking in the supermarket many items are wrapped in plastic. Uneccesarily so. When a bell pepper is found in the store 'naked' lying next to one wrapped in plastic, this shows it's completely unnecessary to package it.
When I see people taking groceries home in 12 plastic bags, instead of just bringing a few cotton ones.
When I see people using plastic cups and straws instead of reusable ones.
Plastic bottles to drink water instead of refill glass bottles.
So the solution is simple. Just use less plastic, where it is completely not needed :)