California's housing bill SB 50 has died in the state Senate

Re:California's housing bill SB 50 has died in the state Senate by paulgb on Thursday January 30, 2020 @06:38PM (#22197228)

It took governments less time to fix the Ozone hole (remember the Montreal Protocol?) than it took for the free market to converge on one type of phone charger that works on multiple devices.

Unfettered faith in free markets and unfettered faith in governments are equally bad things.

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Re:California's housing bill SB 50 has died in the state Senate by yyyk on Thursday January 30, 2020 @07:40PM (#22197718)

CFC emissions took some time to subside after the Montreal Protocol. We also know there's a current Chinese source[0] which is still emitting CFCs in 2019. So I dunno if 'governments' have the advantage on that one.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48353341

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Re:California's housing bill SB 50 has died in the state Senate by manicpolymath on Thursday January 30, 2020 @06:48PM (#22197308)

Wasn’t the phone charger convergence driven by an EU mandate though?

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Re:California's housing bill SB 50 has died in the state Senate by scarface74 on Friday January 31, 2020 @12:22AM (#22199310)

And by the time the government mandated a standard charger, the tech world was moving on to a better standard -- USB C.

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