How on earth did it cost me more to legally dispose of a hiking stove gas canister ($20) than it cost me to buy a new one ($12)? This is everything wrong with fossil capitalism. - ThreadSky

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timinclimate.bsky.social • 6 days ago

How on earth did it cost me more to legally dispose of a hiking stove gas canister ($20) than it cost me to buy a new one ($12)?

This is everything wrong with fossil capitalism.

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visibleprocrast.bsky.social•6 days ago

Which sort of canister was this?

timinclimate.bsky.social•6 days ago

A little 70% butane/30% propane one. Not a jet boil branded one, but that same design.

There were places nearby that take LPG bottles for free, but they wouldn't take these ones.

visibleprocrast.bsky.social•6 days ago

A couple of options that are available.
1.) If there is still usable gas in them you can drop them in at an outdoor store (Paddy Palin, etc.) for them to pass on to others. I do this after hikes where I need to fly home.
2.) Jet boil CrunchIt or old school opener lets you crush the can for recycle

timinclimate.bsky.social•6 days ago

For future reference! This one is safely disposed of now.

billwallace.bsky.social•6 days ago

Probably shows how little the actual/real cost of the new product is embedded in the price. I would suggest the disposal price is much more reflective of this.

aleofatime.com•6 days ago

printers being cheaper than printer refills turns me into the joker every time

timinclimate.bsky.social•6 days ago

Also the human rights abuse, land theft, many and varied ecological crises, killings (both direct and indirect), corruption, regulatory capture, inequity, profiteering, permanent and total destruction of landscapes, and climate change.

But mostly this.

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