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Was there a fabric shortage in the 90s?
by tedunangst 6y ago
Was there a fabric shortage in the 90s?
- Spooky23 6y agoBeanie babies created impacts far beyond fabric. - Consider the small plastic pellets, which will eventually work their way into delicate ecosystems and devastate the ecology for a millenium or more. - Since beanie babies were considered a store of value, countless tons of plastic storage bins and millions of cubic feet of climate controlled storage space are consumed to store beanie babies. - Back of the napkin calculations indicate that over a billion dollars has been spent heating and cooling beanie babies since 1996. - Beanie babies take up alot of space, driving demand for self-storage facilities. - When sold on the internet, consider the electricity, excess heat, etc generated by Ebay, as well as the carbon footprint of producing and disposing of cardboard, tape, labels, etc and the carbon consumed in shipping them. - The human toll is real as well. At least a dozen UPS drivers have been seriously injured while delivering beanie babies.