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[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 106 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally, id choose them over plastic ones if not just to save plastic

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

doesn't metal manufacturing use quite a lot more energy?

[–] Strykker@programming.dev 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But it has the benefit of not breaking down into micro plastics and getting into every part of everyone.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

"Honey, I accidently digested our SD card again"

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

True enough. Though I wonder, as a thought experiment, what would be the actual better option in the long run. Some type of resin maybe?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's...

I somehow doubt that.

[–] tromars@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

I guess using renewables for the energy needs of metal production would work too

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good thing heavy metal toxicity isn't a problem.

[–] Strykker@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Steel or stainless ain't gonna give you metal poisoning

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium.

[–] Strykker@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better toss all your cookware then

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'll toss it when I toss my plastic tupperware. The problem is re-usability, not what it's made out of. SD card gets tossed out, doesn't matter what it is made out of, it's going to pollute.

What a downvote Nancy.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

probably, but then i can ingest less micro plastics. Which is probably good.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not supposed to eat them.

i literally cannot help myself.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But what about ingesting micrometals

do micro metals even exist in substantial capacity? The problem with micro plastics is that they don't break down and decay until like a gazillion years later, so whatever micro plastics are in your kidneys now, will continue to be in them until you die.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

at least its not a single use product, the packaging it comes in is probably a worse contributor

honestly, this might be true. There are definitely worse things to be made from metal lol

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe extreme weather conditions for trail cams? That's the only reason I would think about using one but never actually buy one for lol.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People will pay more money for premium.

But yeah environmentally this is a damn good idea. We should make everything out of metal.

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

sounds pretty metal

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)