Living in a Plastic World

Today the world we live in is basically a plastic world. Since plastic was first invented in 1892, but wasn't widely used until the 1950's. Since 1976 plastic has been the most widely used substance in the world.

Almost everthing made today is either entirely made of plastic or is mostly plastic. In the 1950's cars were made entirely of steel, they lasted forever, a lot of them are still on the road today, just go to a classic car show. Today, we buy "disposable cars" mostly made of plastic, they last only 5 years, 10 if you really take care of them. From soda bottles, baby bottles, diapers, breast implants, cell phones all are only a few examples of plastic things in our lives. These are things that were made of much better materials, but for convience and profits, they are made of cheap plastic.

If sceintists were to say tomorrow that the center of the Earth is actually made of plastic, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. In 1969, men stepped on the moon for the first time, the spacecraft they flew in was made of aluminum, at some places it was about 1mm thick. Now the shuttle has very little metal in it, mainly for cost and weight reason, mostly for the cost. Even the airlines are looking to plastic, not because it's safer, but because it is cheaper and weighs less than metal.

What ever happened to making things last a long time. I guess it's not very profitable to do that, it is better to make things to fall apart after a short time so people would have to go to the store and replace it.

So what if we boycotted everything that is made of plastic and go back to "old school" living? I don't think society could handle it. Just imagine, changing cloth diapers, not using plastic disposibles? Paying a fortune for a car made from steel, instead of buying a cheap disposible car made of plastic. Ladies, what if your unhappy with your beast size, I guess you have to live with it, plastic boobs would be out of the question.

My point is, society today, could not live without the invention called, "plastic." The world would come to a stand still if all the plastics in the world were taken away.