Beaver@lemmy.caM to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoGlobal land use for agriculture across different dietslemmy.caimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down111
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minus-squareRekorselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoByproduct does not equal waste product. Plastic is a byproduct, so is gasoline. Your conflating the ideas.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoit would be waste if we didn’t have a use for it
minus-squareRekorselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThe use predates the creation of it. There had already been a use for it the moment it was made. It has never once been considered a waste product except in the style of argument you are making right now.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agothe use can’t predate it’s creation. that’s not how linear time works.
Byproduct does not equal waste product. Plastic is a byproduct, so is gasoline. Your conflating the ideas.
it would be waste if we didn’t have a use for it
The use predates the creation of it. There had already been a use for it the moment it was made. It has never once been considered a waste product except in the style of argument you are making right now.
the use can’t predate it’s creation. that’s not how linear time works.