Inventions the world didn’t need

Very long artificial nails ( often decorated ) just think they are unhygienic and nasty.
Very ,very long thick false eyelashes .

Weapons

Mobiles yes they good invention but bad because ppl have lost the art of communication with each other. What drives me mad is young mum or dad pushing a buggy or in a cafe etc and completely ignoring the child because face is glued into the phone. Poor little thing will think that is what you do. Lol rant over

I’m not a fan of plastic grass, but a lady I chat with when walking the dog has a beautiful plastic lawn at the front, neatly edged with pebbles and paving. It was laid when she lost her husband and as she is wheelchair bound, she would have to pay someone to mow a proper lawn. She rinses it occasionally.
NB I laid plastic grass in our outside utility room. It looked great, until our dog thought it was OK to use it as a loo. Now we have carpet.

Earth’s resources are depleted and climate change is going to have catastrophic geo-physical and geo-political repercussions in our lifetimes and certainly in the lifetimes of our children, grandchildren and beyond. If man is going to survive he has to find another planet to survive on. In Dara OBriain’s recent two-part series on Channel 5 Wonders of the Moon he explains what work is being done to explore the possibilities.

Artificial food additives and chemical laden cleaning products.
E Scooters.
Cigarettes and vapes
Guns and bombs.
Space rockets....the money would've been better spent on earth.

Loads more that has already been mentioned.

I am very allergic to real Christmas trees so artificial trees are all l can have. They are realistic looking and can last for years as they are reused, making them much "greener" than real Christmas trees in many ways, as most are discarded after two or three weeks.

Cling film

Plastic grass

Artificial Christmas trees

Baby wipes

Electric scooters

Overbred annual flowers which are of no use to bees

MacDonald’s ( though I do quite like one now and then )

I know plastic has saved lives in medical procedures but much of the plastic in our lives is totally unnecessary, I’ve chucked away about 4 single use plastic wrappers today and I do make an effort to minimise plastic I buy. Do we really need individually wrapped cucumbers? Those plastic containers with ready chopped melon , strawberries used to come in paper baskets etc I know it maybe saves some food waste, but we have to balance that out with the environmental impact.

plastic grass
pop up sink and bath plugs.
Boob implants
fireworks

However, plenty of things listed that we could 'lose' without any bad effects

plastic grass
e scooters
anything tobacco related
chewing gum
modern factory processed bread.

Caravansera

MerylStreep

M0nica

Toomany people not thinking through the implications of the things they would do without.

Often things without which our lives as a whole would be worse in every way from health, to food, to opportunities and all the wonders of modern medical science.

I couldn’t agree more. Someone put up oil drills and yet they are happy to use a product to post on here that uses some of the most toxic elements known to man.
Not a lot of thinking going on there.

Of course, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terrible events but historians have argued persuasively that in forcing the Japanese surrender, as many as 32 million lives were saved.

That leap in atomic science has given us many positive things including cancer treatments and medical diagnostics e.g. PET scans and advances in solar science and space exploration e.g the Voyager programme.

Nuclear power is a divisive issue as is nuclear armament but much of the world’s energy is produced this way. Nuclear technology substantially reduce the costs of oil exploration and drilling. Without it we’d be paying even more to run our cars and homes.

A better idea for this thread is to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of inventions and scientific breakthroughs.

No need to say more agree withe the two posts above.

MerylStreep

M0nica

Toomany people not thinking through the implications of the things they would do without.

Often things without which our lives as a whole would be worse in every way from health, to food, to opportunities and all the wonders of modern medical science.

I couldn’t agree more. Someone put up oil drills and yet they are happy to use a product to post on here that uses some of the most toxic elements known to man.
Not a lot of thinking going on there.

Of course, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terrible events but historians have argued persuasively that in forcing the Japanese surrender, as many as 32 million lives were saved.

That leap in atomic science has given us many positive things including cancer treatments and medical diagnostics e.g. PET scans and advances in solar science and space exploration e.g the Voyager programme.

Nuclear power is a divisive issue as is nuclear armament but much of the world’s energy is produced this way. Nuclear technology substantially reduce the costs of oil exploration and drilling. Without it we’d be paying even more to run our cars and homes.

A better idea for this thread is to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of inventions and scientific breakthroughs.

Smoking in all its forms
Social media
Smart phones (dont mind basic mobiles)
E scooters
Smart bombs and missiles
Suicide vests

Disposables such as J-Cloths, floor mop heads, wipes, nappies etc whereas before we used to wash and reuse cloth ones.

annodomini

Drones

Have you seen how Drones are helping Ukraines fight against Putin ? Obviously not.

Drones

Guns

M0nica

Toomany people not thinking through the implications of the things they would do without.

Often things without which our lives as a whole would be worse in every way from health, to food, to opportunities and all the wonders of modern medical science.

I couldn’t agree more. Someone put up oil drills and yet they are happy to use a product to post on here that uses some of the most toxic elements known to man.
Not a lot of thinking going on there.

Chewing gum

HS2, if that counts as an invention.

Toomany people not thinking through the implications of the things they would do without.

Often things without which our lives as a whole would be worse in every way from health, to food, to opportunities and all the wonders of modern medical science.

Plastic (especially single-use), DDT, petrol engines - and putting lead in petrol, factory farming, dynamite, air conditioning - and yes, Claretjan, bras.

Smoking, whether cigars, cigarettes or pipes. Horrible stinky habit.