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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:37 AM Original message |
The end of cheap clothes is near (from the Peak Everything files) |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yet it's still illegal to grow hemp for some reason. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It's more durable too. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Eventually we're going to be forced to grow hemp again |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. my first thought too. nt |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. And hemp doesn't need all the pesticides |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. We do need to see the return of Hemp |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. It sure would. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Please, can we start producing Hemp again? |
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orangerevolution (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. I disagree |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Errr, you see the problem with that, right? |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. we get all our clothes at thrift stores, what's the problem? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's a perfectly sensible practice, but... |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. yes, we've already seen this happening |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. If clothes get more expensive, fewer people can afford to buy new, hence fewer people to donate to |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I lived out of thrift stores for most of my life |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. exactly -- cheap clothing isn't cheap |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Exactly, there is false economy |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think this spells the end of the shopping mall |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. They just tore down a mall near me. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. I knew this government didn't give a damn whether I eat or get decent |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. LOL! |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I am so glad that you posted the first reply to BenHurst ... |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Less crap and more quality then? |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. I do really well out of charity shops. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. I've been buying my basic clothes at mfg. outlet stores and occasionally Ross |
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