The campaign against plastic is harming the planet and the public

Re:The campaign against plastic is harming the planet and th... by DoingIsLearning on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:39AM (#24628365)

The same submission was actually posted twice before from greener accounts, one was flagged the other ignored. It only broke through (to the second page of HN) with this submission.

I am not questioning the authenticity of Alex's submission but if you think old accounts can't be bought or rented, for the reward of being able to shape public opinion, then you are in for a surprise.

Any forum, once it becomes big enough and relevant enough to shape public opinion, will eventually be used by lobby/PR people.

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Re:The campaign against plastic is harming the planet and th... by CodeWriter23 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:29PM (#24630581)

That’s why I noted it as a data point, not a fact.

Here’s another data point though, starting with the “Keep America Beautiful” campaign with Iron Eyes Cody in the 70’s, the Petroleum Industry’s PRopaganda position has been to transfer responsibility for the scourge of single-use plastics from their industry to the citizenry. This article, if propped up by Big Oil, would represent a major departure from that position.

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