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muriel_volestrangler

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21. Extensive debunking - 20k figure is just about ozone-destroying gas to cool natural gas pipelines

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Aug 27, 2021, 08:30 AM

Aug 2021

if that's what's used to generate electricity to power irrigation for organic cotton.

Link to tweet

Via Wonkette.

Not about, say, climate change, or the environmental damage from discarded bags.

Cherrypicking that 20,000 figure - done by the New York Times - really is awful clickbait bullshit. The NYT really should be ashamed of themselves.

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"An organic cotton tote needs to be used 20,000 times to offset its overall impact of production." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 OP

Reminds me of those days of "Use plastic bags. Save a tree" jimfields33 Aug 2021 #1

"The planet doesn't care?" viva la Aug 2021 #2

Monterey bay aquarium gave us biodegradable utensils made LT Barclay Aug 2021 #3

That's interesting! viva la Aug 2021 #16

For over two decades I hardly collected any plastic bags, & then in one year of pandemic... CrispyQ Aug 2021 #4

Where does one begin with this load of myopic bullshit. Magoo48 Aug 2021 #5

I will look at my cotton T-shirts in a different way now, but this trend in using cotton has been... SWBTATTReg Aug 2021 #6

I'm sure you saw the show on PBS years ago about how many gallons of water go into mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 #7

No, I didn't, but I wouldn't be surprised. There are many items that are grown that require ... SWBTATTReg Aug 2021 #10

I am an organic cotton breeder and grower in the irrigated west Tumbulu Aug 2021 #13

Thank you for sharing this, full of relevant facts and personal knowledge, which I greatly ... SWBTATTReg Aug 2021 #17

Organic cotton totes can easily be made re-using old organic cotton clothes. quaint Aug 2021 #20

Follow the money. Dream Girl Aug 2021 #9

Who uses ORGANIC cotton to make shopping bags? Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #8

It is! Tumbulu Aug 2021 #12

The waste from the combing process can be made it not lower value fabrics Tumbulu Aug 2021 #15

What a ridiculous argument Tumbulu Aug 2021 #11

Maybe that's true, maybe not. Don't know. NQAS Aug 2021 #14

biodegradable plastic can be made from corn nt msongs Aug 2021 #18

I know that cornstarch is added to plastic bags to make them break down, but mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 #19

Extensive debunking - 20k figure is just about ozone-destroying gas to cool natural gas pipelines muriel_volestrangler Aug 2021 #21