Post by @quixoticgeek@social.v.st

@quixoticgeek@social.v.st

2026-07-30 11:01 UTC

@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @JoBlakely@mastodon.social @afewbugs@social.coop basically all the downsides of the fossil fuel industry, in wearable form. Stuff that's often listed as "made from bamboo" effectively has all the same issues as the Rayon stuff mentioned up thread. Which leaves us with linen/flax. Flax is a wonderful material and incredibly comfortable to wear, a joy to sew, and excellent especially in hot weather. But. Right now it's not our primary clothing fibre. Not by a long shot. Which brings us it's downsides 3/n

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@quixoticgeek@social.v.st 2026-07-30 11:04

@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @JoBlakely@mastodon.social @afewbugs@social.coop land use & water use. If we are growing a field of linen to make a dress to wear, that same field isn't being used to grow food. Now sure you may get a linseed harvest as well, but it's not really a widely used food item. If we were to clothe the whole world in linen, then we'd run into issues with land area, and water, essentially moving the problem from cotton to linen. I'd file linen as the least worst fibre to clothe people. From a sustainability pov 4/4

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@mcnknopp@wien.rocks 2026-07-31 11:18

@quixoticgeek@social.v.st @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @JoBlakely@mastodon.social @afewbugs@social.coop there is also hemp which has fibers for clothing and doesn't need too much water or pesticides.

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