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Post by questionable on Jun 9, 2020 16:34:39 GMT
Yes did an exercise with OPP @ £1.20 per kg the bio degradable alternative as you rightly point out hemp worked out in excess of £4.00 but offered a far less shelf life, looked at cardboard alternatives which were either foil or plastic lined which kind of defeats the whole recycling thing.
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Post by elystokie on Jun 9, 2020 16:51:08 GMT
Yes did an exercise with OPP @ £1.20 per kg the bio degradable alternative as you rightly point out hemp worked out in excess of £4.00 but offered a far less shelf life, looked at cardboard alternatives which were either foil or plastic lined which kind of defeats the whole recycling thing. Thanks. Would that price for hemp change if it were more widely grown or is that a more or less fixed cost whatever the scale? Nearly 3.5 times the cost is quite a price, how much does it change the cost of the product by on average? |
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Post by raythesailor on Jun 9, 2020 17:15:47 GMT
Have often thought/wondered that all the roof space around the BET365 could be easily turned into a substantial Solar Power Farm as well as providing underground heating etc. Don’t be silly Ray. It’s always windy and rainy in Stoke, ‘specially on a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday night for some reason. I was going to suggest wind turbines as well, but thought no they would probably bring the roof off. ! Remember what happened after the last time that happened 🤨⚓️ |
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Post by wagsastokie on Jun 9, 2020 17:24:18 GMT
If only we could get rid of plastic too. Maybe we could burn it to create energy |
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Post by elystokie on Jun 9, 2020 19:03:16 GMT
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Post by Goonie on Jun 9, 2020 21:42:02 GMT
If only we could get rid of plastic too. We can, just needs a change in the law and also in some attitudes, be a long time coming tho I fear. I always believed that once you bought something you could return the packaging to the retailer you would see a huge drop in waste and a move to biodegradable and/or sustainable packaging overnight |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jun 10, 2020 10:39:15 GMT
I don't think it's necessarily a good thing that the UK hasn't had to burn coal for two months. Many wind farms, for example, are already outdated and it's costing billions to decommission them. Just think of all that waste in the manufacture, transport, decommissioning and rebuilding. They're often manufactured abroad, so the environmental cost of building them doesn't show on the UK's pollution statistics.
Electricity use has also changed dramatically. Most data centres that power the Internet are overseas, for example, often in and around the Arctic for the natural cooling effect of the local temperatures. Problems are often moved elsewhere, but not really as climate change is a global problem.
Cleaner energy is a good thing, but I think the biggest positive impact has to come from using less energy and resources in the first place, which the current pandemic is helping to show.
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