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First I was shamed for driving a car, then flying, now wearing clothes. Fine, I'm a terrible person. I'm going to stop trying now. sarcasm
by SapporoChris 7y ago
First I was shamed for driving a car, then flying, now wearing clothes.
Fine, I'm a terrible person. I'm going to stop trying now. sarcasm
- toss1 7y agoNot clothes, artificial clothes. From TFA: "Many of those fibers are polyester, a plastic found in an estimated 60% of garments. Producing polyester releases two to three times more carbon emissions than cotton, and polyester does not break down in the ocean." I'm not sure if it is more the consumers or the producers driving it, but it's almost impossible now to find actual 100% cotton clothing., at least in the US. It seems that an entire generation or mor literally does not know what genuine cotton jeans feel like.
- itronitron 7y agoeither Patagonia or The Gap (maybe both) did an environmental impact analysis in the late '90's and were surprised to discover that cotton had the biggest negative impact. I don't recall the exact reason or numbers but it sounds like someone needs to do another analysis on total cost of production for each material.
- SapporoChris 7y agoArticle shames cotton also. "It takes about 700 gallons of water to produce one cotton shirt. That's enough water for one person to drink at least eight cups per day for three-and-a-half years." My grief with the article is it hypes things and doesn't give very good context. It feels like it is cherry picking the worst examples. Research is already being done to grow cotton using less water. This is the sort of solution that works. 100% cotton is difficult to find and finding good quality 100% cotton shirts is even more difficult. For Jeans, the original Levi's 501 blues is 100% cotton denim, many of the new styles are blends.