hate waking up sweating because the morning is not as cold as the night and now I have too many blankets

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    5 days ago

    This is entirely inconsistent with my experience, so I suspect there is no correlation. My polyester shirts are silky and breathable, and my cotton blankets are rough and scratchy. I’m sure you have your on experiences that seem to validate your view, so I suspect there is no correlation. Perhaps there is some other processing factor that determines how comfortable or breathable a fabric turns out to be.

    Only difference I’ve reliably seen between cotton and polyester is that cotton degrades faster, which makes you buy clothes more often. If you throw clothes away a lot, cotton is better for the environment. If you wear clothes until they’re unusable, polyester is better for the environment.

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      5 days ago

      Clothing made of plastic fibers that will forever become smaller microplastics are certainly not better for the environment

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        Did you know it’s better for the environment to keep an old gas car running than to buy a new electric vehicle? It’s the same principle. One Polyester shirt that lasts 20 years is better than 20 cotton shirts degrading year after year.