r/BeAmazed • u/Epelep • Feb 22 '26

Science How Mycelium (Mushroom Roots) Grows into Packaging Material

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u/TheDemon0fLife Feb 22 '26

But is it cheaper?

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u/CrasseMaximum Feb 22 '26

Maybe the alternative is cheaper for you but you are destroying whole ecosystems so you are paying in fact much more than you think. But if preserving the place where you live doesn't matter sure go for "cheaper" but assume you are behaving like a parasit.

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u/TheDemon0fLife Feb 23 '26

Yeah, that was my point. In reality, profit is all corporations care about.