Soda steam (and similar products) have likely saved a lot of plastic bottles from being purchased. This product doesn’t save money, I think it’ll should work out to the same costs for anyone that drinks a lot of bubbly drinks.
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nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
An oft-overlooked part of this is the fact that it is also a socioeconomic issue. Due to half a century of wage suppression, the diminished purchasing power of the majority of the population would not be able to handle the shift to more durable goods. Wealth/income inequality is a major hurdle for reducing single use plastics and disposable goods.
CCMan1701A@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
tehmics@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’d have switched years ago if I could get the economy of scale that a restaurant does
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
Ah. Nobody can afford un-enshittified products anymore.
It’s progressive invisible poverty.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Exactly. The actual cost of durable goods tend to be pretty consistent, when corrected for inflation. It’s just that wages are so terrible compared to what they should be, if they were not completely divorced from the value created by labor.