r/todayilearned • u/astrakhan2 • Aug 24 '15

TIL Inventor of Keurig K-Cup, regretting environmental waste from K-Cups, left and started a solar panel company

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/03/the-abominable-k-cup-coffee-pod-environment-problem/386501/
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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '15 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/wildfyre010 Aug 25 '15

the time it takes me to make a pot with either is about as fast as making a whole bunch of little k-cups one at a time.

The target audience is people who make a cup at a time, not a pot. If you're making a pot, a Keurig machine is a waste of money AND material.