[permaculture] Plastic v. Stainless Steel

Harmon Seaver hseaver at gmail.com
Mon Feb 11 10:50:49 EST 2008


David Glober wrote:
> Thanks for informative link. What I'm also trying to understand is - with stainless steel taking a lot of energy, etc. to create - and stainless steel bottles taking a lot to shape specifically, and the alloy of stainless steel also taking time to decompose - is it a totally clear choice between the two in all cases?
> 

   Your health is one heck of a lot more important than the energy
footprint of anything you buy. Or at least mine is. Why would you worry
about the energy instead of the cancer-causing chemicals in the plastic?

-- 
Harmon Seaver


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