BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET: Paper or Plastic 01

[bonzaibb12]

This is not a People friendly product ! First using GMO corn destroys other local farmers food crop corn. It is invasive and spreads destroying and pollinating regular and organic crops nearby. Also using food crops as a means of energy and oil drives up the cost of food and starves people and puts small business farmers out of business.

[mrterry11235]

Plastics use 3 % of the y/ produced oil, i.e. not much. An increase of that amount on market demand for potatoes and corn will have an impact on prices, increasing starvation & will lead to more exploitation of for instance the rain forest. With a rapidly increasing population on earth this equation won't work. In the EU you have to recycle most materials. Plastics are oil & can easily be energy recycled, i.e. burned to produce electricity & heat. The exhaust are cleaned. Which is better?

[michellehope21]

They are taking food and turning it into something we really don't need!!!

How about lets stop using disposable plastics instead! There are people starving all over the world and people are using plastics for 45 minutes that are made out of corn and potatoes...!

[lenathefoxychick94]

wow! this is a very good idea! SPREAD THE IDEA! x

[Albane06]

This is awesome!!

[aksharasri]

spread this idia

[szceoltdtay]

lol@idia!!

[joshsybs]

He's right that plastic is made from by products of oil. Petrochemical by-products.

What they don't say is that this year alone we will dispose of enough petrochemical by-products to remake every piece of plastic that's ever been made.

It's not like we're digging up oil for plastics, plastics are a by-product that's smart to use since we have so much of it anyway. We're creating chemical that need to be disposed of if we don't use them in plastics.

[earthship]

love this - a great resource is Earthship Biotecture

[Alexvideoclip]

Why can't we just use glass bottles and then recycle them ?

[Rastering]

Because people are lazy

[itsmecejay]

I hate popcorn. That's it. But, it's probably too expensive, too idealistic, and too impractical. I mean, 180 days. How long without being in a landfill? Do you want your containers with experation dates? Now your food will outlast the thing it's holding it. Thank you science.

[mlweb2000]

Unless you keep your plastic containers under very unsanitary conditions they won't degrade. Besides, most plastic containers, bags, etc. are disposable and people don't tend to buy, say, shampoo and store it for years, they use it in a few weeks and throw away the bottle.

[Tyokol]

itsmecejay: 180 is an excellent start. it outlasts milk and yougurt, sourcream...well, most dairy products. That alone would take millions of tons of non-biodegradable plastics from the landfills. Also, if the bio-deg plastic is kept in the dark it last longer than 180 days, so the markets would have to have to store some goods in the dark. Anyways, do you keep water bottles around your house for more than 180 days?

[zigadabooga]

itsmecejay - What food do you eat that's stored in a plastic container that lasts longer than 180 days? Please throw your milk away.... Obiously food stuff that requires more than a 180 day shelf life would use regular petroleum plastics, those of which will be more expensive in time and would eventually be replaced by, glass?

[itsmecejay]

Well, also the fact that corn is used (as well as other food), as containers. With that, plus the ethenol gas, we are seriously stressing our crops. And, with world hunger, I think we could use our food better. I mean, soon, people will starve their own, to make money. Oil has turned those who own it, curel. How about those who grow corn? It could be better to eat for yourself, than to let other people take it away from you for comfort.

[zigadabooga]

You have some serious twisted logic. First off oil is a resource that is limited. Corn, and other crops used for plastics or even fuel, is renewable. We grow what we need, not partition out what we have. If more is needed we grow more. Oh and please reconcider your comma use.

[itsmecejay]

Trees are renewable. Yet, deforestation is a problem. Hmmm.  Weird how this world keeps turning.

[WhitneyF]

That's genius.

[yes44332211]

oh my god. guess what!! I didnt post this on 10 videos.

It's been over 4 hours, and do you know what happened to my mom??

NOTHING!!!!

Stop spreading stupid spam.

[DominickBlack]

BRAVO!!!

[jonsleepy]

Isn't there oil in vegetables?

Secondly, he sounds a bit like Borat.

[redeyesthe20th]

very cool!

[dsalimander]

thats cool.

[hassenmorad]

I couldn't catch the type of plastic it was. Can anyone help me out with this?

[Redivivus]

i think he's saying "soyplas", but I don't really know

[jewelofparvati]

It's called bioplastic, plastic made from starch (corn, potatoes, etc). You know, the kind of packing peanuts that dissolve in water? That's because they're made from corn starch, which is why it smells like cheese curls -but without the cheese :-)

[duswdav]

your mom smells like cheese curls.