Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic
by 233mhz on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:55PM
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Coffee machines are a luxury, plastic or not it doesn't matter, it'll be so small in your overall footprint. The first and second order effects of coffee production will outweigh it by a factor of at least 1000.
It's like stopping using aspirin because "drugs are bad" while doing meth every day
"This machine used 99% less plastic over its lifetime, but it still uses some plastic, so why bother?"
"You say reducing plastic is good for the environment, but then you drink coffee which is bad for the environment, so you shouldn't bother even reducing plastic"
"EVs still use energy that's been generated from gas, even if its a lot less, so you might as well just drive a diesel powered pick up truck"