Is Mycelium Fungus the Plastic of the Future?

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  @UndecidedTechnology · 5 years ago · pinned

  So what do think? &nbsp;Any uses I missed? &nbsp;Would you want to live in a mycelium insulated home? &nbsp;And thanks to Curiosity Stream ... use the code &quot;Undecided&quot; to get CuriosityStream for less than $15 a year! <a href="https://curiositystream.com/Undecided">https://curiositystream.com/Undecided</a>.<br><br>Also, be sure to check out The Future of Solid State Wind Energy - No More Blades: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNp21zTeCDc&amp;list=PLnTSM-ORSgi4dFnLD9622FK77atWtQVv7">https://youtu.be/nNp21zTeCDc?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi4dFnLD9622FK77atWtQVv7</a>

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• DI

  @disgustedluigi · 5 years ago

  Even if it ONLY replaces plastics in packaging that’ll be an enormous win.

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• RO

  @roccobierman4985 · 5 years ago

  Is this another one of those miracle implements that is waved in our faces, EVERYONE says YES, and then we never see it again?

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• VB

  @vb0t429 · 5 years ago

  Lets hope finding a mushroom island isn&apos;t hard

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• YO

  @youraverageyharnamite5389 · 3 years ago

  I remember proposing this concept to a friend of mine, they replied “Yeah but I don’t really want to eat off of dead mushrooms roots.” As if decomposed plant juice refined into plastic is better,

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• NE

  @neonWHALE002 · 5 years ago

  20 years from now, Pixar releases a movie about mushrooms having feelings

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• SP

  @speedyboi349 · 5 years ago

  Imagine my motorcycle plastics being made out of mycelium <br><br>The mushvroom 🍄

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• AI

  @AidanS99 · 5 years ago

  I’ll never get behind metal and paper alternatives to plastic items due to their high production energy costs. Sometimes as much as 500 times the pollution into the atmosphere. &nbsp;But this is an actual win win product. Hope it gains traction.

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• KE

  @keyholes · 4 years ago

  I would love to see some big companies adopt this as internal packaging for electronics like TVs and white goods. The polystyrene used for those is the definition of single use - moulded to one product, just to get it to the consumer safely. I would love to be able to put that on my compost heap when I recycle the box it came in.

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• CG

  @cgbreeki849 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I would love to one day look at &quot;trash&quot; on the beach, see a mycelium package on the water and know that it won&apos;t take long before it&apos;s not there anymore.

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• CH

  @christopherp.3307 · 5 years ago

  *falls over with new shoes<br><br>&quot;Are you ok?&quot;<br><br>&quot;Yeah, I&apos;m tripping on mushrooms!&quot;<br><br><br>Hahahaha..... please don&apos;t hurt me.

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• JB

  @jbj7799 · 5 years ago

  Looks like HermitCraft’s Mycelium Resistance had a plan all along.

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