They're much cheaper than regular new items and still work great. I have a Synchilla sweater from there and it's one of my favorite pieces of clothing.
As someone from the Coca Cola company said once:
"“When we look at a different material, you look at all of the levers: the carbon footprint, consumer preference, energy, water...There’s a mix, there are some things that are not that desirable, but if you have five good things and one that isn’t, we’ll all have to make decisions.”
“It’ll never be that clean.”
Why don't you stop trying to make weird points, read the mission statements of companies akin to Patagonia, verify they are following their missions, AND THEN join the discussion?
For added cruft here are a list of the most common materials used by Patagucci:
- cotton
- hemp
- recycled* synthetic material
Here is a great place to get started on your research path: https://www.patagonia.com/activism/
Also: not a Patagonia shill, I just respect the company deeply. I don't even own any Patagonia (unfortunately)