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Dropping consumption means not spending that money. You keep it. Nothing to do with spending on eco-friendly things? Independent of that, you can make specific
by prawn 7y ago
Dropping consumption means not spending that money. You keep it. Nothing to do with spending on eco-friendly things?
Independent of that, you can make specific decisions to avoid plastic-wrapped things. I’m visiting the US at the moment and I’ve seen plastic-wrapped corn, individually plastic-wrapped potatoes (!?!), eggs boiled shelled and in plastic, plastic cutlery individually wrapped in more plastic, straws given with every water at a restaurant (for adults?), plastic cups with plastic lids and plastic straws for every child, motel breakfasts with disposable plates and cutlery (they use a styrofoam cup for five seconds to get waffle batter and pour it in the cooker).
- robocat 7y ago> you can make specific decisions to avoid plastic-wrapped things So people buy a coffee in a paper cup, or even worse a recyclable plastic cup. But the cup is less than 5% of the ecological impact of the coffee. The growing of the coffee is where the impact is. Generally we all get sidelined by recycling the packaging, as an anodyne to salve our consumptive guilt. Purest poisonous propaganda that we mostly willingly swallow. As I asked: I want some answers for ways that I can help, backed by science and facts, not lies wrapped in plastic tinsel to misguide me.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoWe're all learning as we go. Once I realized the ecological cost of coffee and tea I stopped consuming it. Hot water is good enough. Educating respectfully will accomplish much more than disdain and ridicule.
- prawn 7y agoDon’t drink coffee or cut down? Am I missing something? That seems an obvious way to help.
- dbmueller 7y agoIs coffee production polluting? What is the number breakdown?
- robocat 7y agoCoffee grows in temperate zones. The demand for coffee is causing fragile native forest areas to be replanted in coffee.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoYou've already gotten your answer, reduce consumption of coffee. You want an answer that lets you consume coffee and not affect the environment. That's not possible in this world.