alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1815arrow-down125
arrow-up1790arrow-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 month agomessage-square106linkfedilink
minus-squareastropenguin5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month 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-up8·1 month 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.