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[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Glass that's greener?

Shouldn't it be the grass that's always greener?

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Glass is greener on the other side due to physics

[-] antaymonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Soda lime glass, yes.

[-] sunbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh that ok. It's not green on this side.

[-] tallwookie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[-] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m still waiting until we switch to transparent aluminum. some crazy Scottish guy in San Fransisco traded the formula for a bunch of plexiglas back in the mid-80s.

[-] tallwookie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] FishInABarrel@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a ceramic. Not exactly what people mean when they say "aluminum." I mean, if that's considered aluminum, then so is sapphire.

[-] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

neither is “transparent”

this IS what I was talking about, or, rather, the real-world version of it. I was making a Star Trek reference in my previous comment, for those who didn’t catch it.

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ohhhh! Greener as in more environmentally friendly, not color.

[-] xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds pretty neat!

[-] Voli@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

they don't say but it uses significantlly less energy which I believe is the biggest expense in glassmaking. Im hoping it can be a replacement and that we might see more glass containers come back given its greater strength thus lower chance at shattering from a fall.

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