Feel free I guess.

Yeah, but that’s a pipe dream. Just move on.

Sure, but that plastic lining is a tiny amount of plastic, practically insignificant by mass.

And sure, glass works too, that’s fine with me. But it’s not simply better. It comes with the downsides of being heavier (requiring more energy to transport), less durable, and requiring more energy to recycle. It’s a trade off.

Currently, aluminum has the highest rate of recycling of all beverage materials. So why not double down on the most successful packaging type in the history of recycling?

Well they’re splitting recycling, but plastic, generally speaking is not recyclable. So it’s the paper and metals that are being split off, the plastic goes in with everything else.

There are some plastics that are theoretically recyclable, but even that isn’t really recycling is down-cycling turning a plastic into an interior plastic that isn’t recyclable at all. Or repurposing and reusing a plastic, perhaps as pillow stuffing or melting it down with other things to make road paving material.

But the life of plastic is never a cycle, it’s a path that can sometimes be extended a bit.

You can it’s just expensive and requires additional fuel.

It sometimes requires “reburning” the combustion exhaust at higher temperatures. But combustion can eventually break down the majority of molecules into something safe. And then if things still need to be removed from the exhaust, you can use processes similar to the catalytic converter in your car, but again, not cheap.

We may need to find an actual solution to all that plastic.

But I’m hearing innovative new ideas in that field. One researcher has proposed an interesting solution, it’s called “aluminum cans” it sounds crazy, and who knows if it could possibly work at scale, but it’s a neat idea.

But they can’t just buy that new car every year anymore.

Yeah, they might try regular maintenance instead…

Over the next 5 years I don’t see anything positive in tech and I see myself largely disconnecting from it.

Ironically I’m optimistic about the next 50 years, just I don’t see anything good happening right now.

You mean besides masturbate?

Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.

Fine, give up on hope universally. Just do it less vocally.

(That is to say, shut up)

It’s already happened once. A couple years ago some astronomer spotted a small asteroid with a high albedo (it was very reflective, brighter than normal).

Some Internet folks verified, and with a few more observations they were able to calculate its orbit. Turns out the orbit matched that of the Tesla shot into space. The high albedo would make sense as the Tesla is still connected to the falcon 9 upper stage, which is painted all white.

This is the problem with law enforcement they’re all chickenshit fucking cowards. And as long as they’re scared, any action they take is legal.

I’m so tired of hearing the same old excuse “I only used my firearm because I believed my life was in danger” well that’s a nice story, but the suspect was holding his cell phone, not a gun. It sounds like what you should have done was grow a pair and keep your cool. If you were still too scared, you should have left, or called for backup, or fucking resign. Killing someone when you’re scared isn’t acceptable behavior, it’s murder.

And let me say once and for all, police, you are allowed to run away. If a situation is scary if one of the people in a group you’re looking at is black, you’re allowed to run. I know that’s sooo scary, so you have permission to leave whenever you think a situation is getting out of hand. It’s actually been established that police have no obligation to protect the public, so in those iffy situations, just leave. Just don’t kill anyone.

Sorry for that tangent, I know this isn’t really what the story is about.

Likewise, switched to Lemmy, never looked back.

I only use reddit now when it shows up in search engine results.

Hah, I appreciate the honesty though 😂

Beats headphones.

“Oh yeah those look cool. Did you want something that sounds good though?”