▲ 37 ▼ Why farmers are spreading crushed glass on their crops (www.youtube.com) submitted 3 months ago by dillekant@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments Would not have anticipated this would be a good idea.
[+] halfapage@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 months ago Finely crushed glass is basically sand 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent [–] inari@piefed.zip 10 points 3 months ago (4 children) This is more pulverized than shard permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fluke@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago (3 children) Until for reasons of capitalism less finely crushed glass is cheaper somewhere for some reason, and is used instead. It will happen, and people will die somewhere because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago* (1 child) He patented the method of crushing the glass. That right there is the likely reason it'll be cheaper for someone else not to so finely crush it. Also, an easily recyclable material that can create bottles ad nauseam is instead being destroyed in order to patch the problems with commercial agriculture? None of this is very Solarpunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fastfrwrd@mastodon.green 3 points 3 months ago @punksnotdead @Fluke Keep picturing getting a shard in your eye... can't not picture it... permalink fedilink source parent [–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* Oh, this is happening already. The world is running out of various forms of sand that are crucial to our industrial infrastructure. The competition for the remainders has already turned murderous in some places. cf. The World in a Grain by Vince Beiser permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 months ago Finely crushed glass is basically sand 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] inari@piefed.zip 10 points 3 months ago (4 children) This is more pulverized than shard permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fluke@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago (3 children) Until for reasons of capitalism less finely crushed glass is cheaper somewhere for some reason, and is used instead. It will happen, and people will die somewhere because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago* (1 child) He patented the method of crushing the glass. That right there is the likely reason it'll be cheaper for someone else not to so finely crush it. Also, an easily recyclable material that can create bottles ad nauseam is instead being destroyed in order to patch the problems with commercial agriculture? None of this is very Solarpunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fastfrwrd@mastodon.green 3 points 3 months ago @punksnotdead @Fluke Keep picturing getting a shard in your eye... can't not picture it... permalink fedilink source parent [–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* Oh, this is happening already. The world is running out of various forms of sand that are crucial to our industrial infrastructure. The competition for the remainders has already turned murderous in some places. cf. The World in a Grain by Vince Beiser permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fluke@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago (3 children) Until for reasons of capitalism less finely crushed glass is cheaper somewhere for some reason, and is used instead. It will happen, and people will die somewhere because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago* (1 child) He patented the method of crushing the glass. That right there is the likely reason it'll be cheaper for someone else not to so finely crush it. Also, an easily recyclable material that can create bottles ad nauseam is instead being destroyed in order to patch the problems with commercial agriculture? None of this is very Solarpunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fastfrwrd@mastodon.green 3 points 3 months ago @punksnotdead @Fluke Keep picturing getting a shard in your eye... can't not picture it... permalink fedilink source parent [–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* Oh, this is happening already. The world is running out of various forms of sand that are crucial to our industrial infrastructure. The competition for the remainders has already turned murderous in some places. cf. The World in a Grain by Vince Beiser permalink fedilink source parent
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago* (1 child) He patented the method of crushing the glass. That right there is the likely reason it'll be cheaper for someone else not to so finely crush it. Also, an easily recyclable material that can create bottles ad nauseam is instead being destroyed in order to patch the problems with commercial agriculture? None of this is very Solarpunk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fastfrwrd@mastodon.green 3 points 3 months ago @punksnotdead @Fluke Keep picturing getting a shard in your eye... can't not picture it... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fastfrwrd@mastodon.green 3 points 3 months ago @punksnotdead @Fluke Keep picturing getting a shard in your eye... can't not picture it... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* Oh, this is happening already. The world is running out of various forms of sand that are crucial to our industrial infrastructure. The competition for the remainders has already turned murderous in some places. cf. The World in a Grain by Vince Beiser permalink fedilink source parent