Soy Futons
Over the past year I’ve heard quite a buzz around the term soy foam in the furniture and automotive industry. Using soy foam sounds like a great idea, it it derived from a renewable resource and alleviates some of the demand for oil consumption. On the flip side, the utilization of former food crops for industrial use has increased the cost of food and takes a decent amount of energy to convert from a food form to the mattress or cushion you might be sitting on. If the system is balanced, I feel that a soy based futon mattress sounds like a great thing, but at the moment it might just be giving you a false sense of “happy”.
But, that’s what buzz words are supposed to do, right?
