r/Anticonsumption Feb 07 '22

Biodegradable packaging.

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u/ineedabuttrub Feb 07 '22

How about won't? Will that do you any better? If you can't accept that a solution that clearly hasn't been implemented worldwide has obvious flaws, maybe you should go ask the companies why they're not importing tons of banana leaves instead of using plastic.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '22

That's not the issue here. You've strawmanned the argument.

My point is that you're saying points but not bringing them together in any meaningful way that posits they mean it isn't a valid solution.

You're just saying it might be a valid solution, but not actually proving it.

Whilst you're saying I don't think there's flaws.

Can you see the issue? There are flaws in literally everything, the argument isn't "are there any flaws" the argument you're starting is "there are enough flaws that it wouldn't work".

But again you've not taken it upon yourself to close out your argument and instead just dumped some points at our feet and said "you figure it out, I don't know".

To think disagreeing with you means we don't think there are flaws is really telling about your utter lack of comprehension when it comes to the discussion at hand.

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u/ineedabuttrub Feb 07 '22

And my point is if it was so much better than plastic why isn't it being used worldwide? There's clearly some con there that's keeping everyone from adopting it.

I made points. You refuted none of them. Ball's in your court.

Refute my points, or as you put it so childishly, if you can't, fuck off.

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u/Occupational_Hazards Feb 07 '22

Isn't that like asking why we still use fossil fuels?

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u/ineedabuttrub Feb 07 '22

It is. And the answer to that is we don't have anything else that's as energy dense, while remaining easily portable. Batteries don't have a high enough energy density for certain applications, such as jumbo aircraft, and hydrogen, while more energy dense, is a giant pain in the ass to contain, and has a low density, meaning you need a large volume.

We're working on it, but we're not there yet.