Sometimes the prevailing wisdom is just wrong. Paper straws? South Korea's envir
By Maxwell Sigurdsonscott · October 31, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
Sometimes the prevailing wisdom is just wrong.
Paper straws? South Korea's environment ministry just compared them to plastic, start to finish. Plastic came out lowest in 10 of 16 environmental categories, climate change included.
Cotton grocery bags? Denmark found an organic cotton tote has to be used 149 times just to match a plastic bag on carbon.
Amazon sellers have our own version of this.... With the "painful" holiday fulfillment fees starting October 15, sellers I know are using them as the reason to finally build their own website. Get off Amazon. Stop feeding the big guy.
I almost joined them. My first thought was "maybe it's time we pump our own website too..."
Then I had my AI work out what it really costs to sell one $20 product both ways.
Aaand... It wasn't close. Amazon is our plastic straw.
Monday I break down the numbers in the newsletter.
See you then.