Re: Every day roughly 1.9 million trees are cut down to make traditional toilet paper

Klaus Schadenfreude <[email protected]> Sun, 27 Nov 2022 13:06:30 -0800
Newsgroups alt.bathroom,talk.politics.guns,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Organization Rudella "The Senile, Incel Usenet Dwarf" Canoza School of Fisticuffs and Frantic Retreat
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 15:46:55 -0500, [email protected] wrote:

>On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:41:24 -0600, chrisv <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Gator Golf wrote:
>>
>>>Every day roughly 1.9 million trees — enough to cover about 45 Sydney 
>>>Opera Houses — are cut down to make traditional toilet paper out of virgin 
>>>wood pulp, according to a new report which looked into how consumer 
>>>choices can impact the environment.
>>>
>>>More than 60 per cent of people recently surveyed across Australia, the 
>>>United Kingdom and United States were unaware of how their choice in 
>>>toilet paper contributes to global deforestation, the Toilet Paper 
>>>Environmental Sustainability Report found.
>>>
>>>It's estimated a person goes through 127 rolls a year, adding up to 42 
>>>million tonnes worldwide. And that's leading to the loss of 700 million 
>>>trees annually, the data found.
>>>
>>><https://www.9news.com.au/world/earth-day-2022-toilet-paper-found-to-contribute-to-mass-deforestation-data-reveals/a6b0763b-54a6-4f66-8a21-8b3fbad064b2>
>>
>>Link fixed.  I can't believe they didn't mention how bad "ultra soft"
>>toilet paper is, compared to "regular" toilet paper.
>>
>>https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/world/americas/26iht-paper.1.20453524.html
>
>"It's estimated a person goes through 127 rolls a year, "
>
>Really?  I use a roll a month.  Otoh, a woman might use a few dozen a
>year but 127??
>
>Smells like BS to me.

That's over a third of a roll every day.

Actually, according to the report:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IOBDcixSgD5Lgz2gT3UmPb0i4EIvI4bs/view

Rolls Per year
Globally  127
Australia  88
United Kingdom  127
United States  141
141/12=11.75 rolls per month per person
0.39 rolls every day.

I also call bullshit on this "study."

Of course, I use less because I only use Quilted Northern Rustic Weave
Artisanal Toilet Paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpXtAhiKHBE

Now the real question: Why don't Australians wipe their ass as much as
everyone else?