@Beaver@lemmy.caM to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish • 5 months agoGlobal land use for agriculture across different dietslemmy.caimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down111
arrow-up152arrow-down1imageGlobal land use for agriculture across different dietslemmy.ca@Beaver@lemmy.caM to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-square@Rekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoByproduct does not equal waste product. Plastic is a byproduct, so is gasoline. Your conflating the ideas.
minus-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•5 months agoit would be waste if we didn’t have a use for it
minus-square@Rekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 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-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 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.