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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by ThomPete on Sunday October 27, 2019 @01:59PM (#21371315)
It's not a few bits of plastic.

It was the difference between whether my son who was born 10 weeks to early would both survive and be a normal kid or risk not survive and whether he would become normal.

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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday October 27, 2019 @04:43PM (#21372261)
>It's not a few bits of plastic.

That's what the oil contributed.

>It was the difference between whether my son who was born 10 weeks to early would both survive

Appreciated, but oil is simply not a necessary component for that to happen. It may be currently the most convenient but not necessary.

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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by ThomPete on Sunday October 27, 2019 @06:07PM (#21372745)
It's just not plastic.
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