Activist glues his head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' painting in The Hague

Re:Activist glues his head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' pa... by DwnVoteHoneyPot on Thursday October 27, 2022 @01:50PM (#33361301)

An alternative is for people to blame themselves, the consumer. Oil companies won't produce oil if no one is using it. Everyone is blaming and pointing fingers at other people to do something.

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Re:Activist glues his head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' pa... by svnt on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:56PM (#33362293)

Try buying food and having a social life without acquiring plastic or burning coal or gas, directly or indirectly.

They can control the supply side, and have. Putting the blame on the consumer is what happened in the 90s. The consumer can do nothing but hoard soda bottles to keep them from landfills at this point.

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Re:Activist glues his head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' pa... by MandieD on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:43PM (#33362988)

Or we can drink a lot less soda and other bottle drinks. Tap water is better for your body, bank account, and world.

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Re:Activist glues his head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' pa... by svnt on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:26PM (#33364834)

Agreed — my example was intended to be mildly hyperbolic.

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Re:Activist glues his head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' pa... by selfhoster11 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:36PM (#33364925)

Tap water is not safe to drink everywhere, but even if I don’t drink bottled water - that’s still a drop in the bucket next to huge corporations that churn out plastic products by the ton.

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