If they’re made from fabric they’re pretty repairable though.
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wunami@lemmy.world 1 day agoSome poorly made reusable shopping bags rip or otherwise break before they get used enough times to break even with the single use disposable plastic shopping bags they are supposed to replace. Especially the cheap ones bring given out as freebies.
autriyo@feddit.org 1 day ago
over_clox@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Don’t tell that to the anti-repair folks, they’ll end up banning sewing needles and thread…
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 59 minutes ago
we already defederated threads
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
That’s bullshit from the oil companies. They did a “study” that concluded that but if you read the methodology, they made the assumption that the reusable bag would be unusable after 20 uses.
Meanwhile I’ve been going to the grocery store every week for quite a few years using the same bags without much issue. I’ve had one strap on a bag break after ~10 years of use, so there’s that I guess. Still haven’t thrown it out, keep meaning to repair it which I never get around to doing.
Anyway, if you read between the lines of the study conducted by the oil companies, if you reuse the bag more than 20 times (half a year of going to the grocery store every week) you are reducing plastic waste.
content_educator_94@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
Those damn oil companies really grind my gears
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Electric motors don’t use gears… we have gears to grind because the oil companies have made a lot of people think they’re necessary.
content_educator_94@thelemmy.club 4 hours ago
Are you selling me something?
Or are you trying to insinuate I’m gay?
Either way, I’m not converting to Islam
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 23 hours ago
The motors don’t but the drivetrains often do. Not for multiple gear ratios usually but to get a good ratio for it particular motor in the car. But IIRC some EVs do have two speed transmissions because high RPMs might not necessarily be the most efficient for an electric motor even if they can be reached.
over_clox@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
No, that’s no bullshit, we just recently had a reusable shopping bag’s handles literally rip off after only the third use…
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
Consider buying less shitty bags then.
over_clox@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
It was a donation from a food bank, but thanks for the thought.
Also, how do you know what bags are and aren’t shitty? Do you have a list of such bags, with weight limit capacity, plus age limit before the threads start to come loose or dryrot?
Didn’t think so.