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Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging (www.theguardian.com)
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Calbee to switch its brightly coloured packaging to black and white because war has disrupted supply of certain raw materials used in ink

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[–] 34 points 6 months ago (1 child)

The move to black and white was forced on Calbee by disrupted supplies of naptha, an ink ingredient derived from petroleum.

So the bright colours we see on shelves involve fossil fuels too. The dystopia knows no limits.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Genuinely so many things come from oil, and a lot of them are dyes. Also some antibiotics, and various other useful chemicals.

    But yeah, a surprising number of dyes come from oil, and its actually a waste product of refinement. It’s a good thing overall with our current gas dependency, but its a fragile system when oil is one of the most sought-after finite-supply things on earth.

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