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When I was young ornaments for Christmas trees were usually glass. The move to plastic was only so that they could be made cheaper.

• thaumasiotes 10y ago
  You know, I'd much rather drop a plastic ornament on the floor than a glass one. Thinking about the ornaments I'm familiar with, there are a couple glass ones, which need special care. Mostly they're wood / cloth / metal. Plastic is rare, mostly cheap souvenirs of elementary school.
• adrianN 10y ago
  The glass ornament likely uses a comparable amount of oil to create. Making glass in pretty energy intensive.
  • kbart 10y ago
    "The glass ornament likely uses a comparable amount of oil to create" The energy might come from renewables, not necessarily oil.
    • adrianN 10y ago
      The plastic might also come from renewables. In practice both glass and plastic use fossil resources.
      • kbart 10y ago
        Only because it is still cheaper than renewables, but that won't be for too long.