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Styrofoam is mostly trapped air
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When you buy shipping materials, you are enthusiastically paying for gas. The aggressively squeaky white blocks protecting your new electronics are almost entirely composed of microscopic air bubbles trapped in a thin polystyrene matrix. It is incredibly cheap to manufacture, but hilariously expensive to transport since you are literally shipping a truck full of nothing.
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