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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
This is ecomodder.com not pennypincher.com seems to be a common mistake  |
I thought eco was a reference to economics?
Various reasons bring people to this site, and my interest is in both economics and ecology.
Fortunately, things that are cheaper usually take less energy to produce, so that satisfies both objectives. Of course, this is not always the case.
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Unless the resins used in that artificial leather-like material were vegetable-based, its manufacturing process is not really so much environmentally-better than real leather.
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Also note in the fine print that Toyota compares their synthetic to other leading synthetics, and not to real leather.