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GreeNRG@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago

A New Solar Panel Shield Made From Onion Peels Outlasted Industry Plastics in Tests

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A New Solar Panel Shield Made From Onion Peels Outlasted Industry Plastics in Tests

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GreeNRG@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago
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Natural dye from discarded onion peels outperforms fossil-based UV filters in durability and performance
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    /c/nottheonion?

    • InnerScientist@lemmy.world
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      No, the onion!

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        No, not nottheonion!

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          “Thats as clear as I can make it”

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      Great. Now I have the Dinosaurs baby in my head…

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    RIP cheap onions

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      Nah they’re just going to extract the skin of the onion, and sell it to grocery stores with a plastic covering instead

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        I see you’re making a joke about it actually being worse for the environment.

        But serious answer: I think they’ll be sourced from companies using bulk onions as an ingredient, who can now sell the skins for a profit, thus lowering the prices of those end products while keeping the prices of onions the same.

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          Ha! You think they’ll lower prices just like that? You underestimate big onion.

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          The world no longer works on that “lower prices for the consumer” concept because consumers will pay whatever price you tell them to pay.

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          I think you mean raising the price of the end products, because they’re a responsible company that is helping the environment.

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    So glad they put an onion in that shot—I had no idea what they were talking about until I saw it.

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      Could have been this guy:

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