Why don't you buy books from European retailers over shipping them from the US? Makes no sense.

I'm not sure if you understand what you're talking about. That's just how you grow business.

Patagonia has no external investors that are looking to make easy money. It used to be owned by the founder and the trust and nonprofit mentioned in an earlier comment were specifically set up that any profit the company makes can be put towards helping the planet and environment and not get the company into the hands of some crappy investors in the future.

The whole point of this post is to promote a page that's filled with Amazon affiliate links. Booo.

I want two sheet on my bed

It kinda depends on the product, some of them are made in China and some are legit

Comforters aren't BIFL but a good one will last ~10-15 years

The night mode on your device display is enough, the glasses are just nonsense.

I just put a tab of coffee machine cleaner into my stainless steel bottle and fill it with hot water. After a while I pour half off, close the lid and give it a shake. It'll be clean enough after that.

> You started talking about how 30k “pieces of pointless aluminum” and my Nespresso machine go straight to the landfill, when pointed out that I do recycle and or compost you switch to the evil Nestlé company.

Most people just toss the capsules and Nestle is bad. Even if you recycle them who knows of Nestle actually recycles them all since it’s quite a bit of work additional to remove the liner from the capsule.

> I suppose you must grow your own coffee beans for your daily consumption while we are beneath you.

I buy my coffee from a local roaster who sources their beans directly from coffee farmers. That’s a much better deal for everyone involved, the coffee quality is leagues better than some capsule stuff, I know where the coffee comes from, and the farmer gets paid more because there are no middle men. It’s not even expensive compared to capsules since they’re very expensive given the small coffee content.

Surely you see how doing this is a better option than supporting a known bad company or using capsules? The only “downside” is that I can’t just press a button to make coffee in the morning to save a minute or two.

> All our choices involve environmental and sustainability compromises, and my comment is more about individuals doing what we can amidst these choices.

This just feels strange to me when you’re using a product that creates needless non-compostable waste and is from Nestle out of all companies.

You talk about environmental and sustainability choices and then decide that your compromise is to go with one of the worst companies in those regards?

> at the end of the day we can only do what we can

That’s kind of a weird thing to say when the option is to make coffee with something that doesn’t use a plastic or an aluminum capsule?

> it was my way to stay awake

If you drink coffee just for the caffeine wouldn’t caffeine pills be cheaper?

> How about you?

I mostly use a V60, the only thing to discard is the paper filter and the used coffee grounds. For espresso I’ve got a La Pavoni from some decades ago, they still have spare parts and whatever widely available.

Capsules are pointless and Nestle is an awful company to begin with.

Right but do people actually use it?

You’ve gone through some 30k of little pieces of pointless aluminum that go straight to the landfill with your Nespresso machine

I don't think that's it, they're using way too much pressure when brushing. That's how any toothbrush ends up looking like this, electric or not.

You’re trying to pass two different things as they’d be from the same people. The truck is not tied to the whatever water thing you linked earlier.

Caterpillar has absolutely nothing to do with the article/study you linked

There are still losses from transferring the energy from regen to the battery and then taking it out from it again. It’s inefficient and pointless.

Sorry man but moving water up a hill with a vehicle sounds stupid inefficient compared to a pipeline for electricity generation purposes.

On top of the weight of the water there’s also the additional weight of the vehicles that takes extra energy to move.

Is that satire or something, why would you do that instead of a pump and some pipelines?

You get extra neurotoxins with your food for free

Maybe it's you