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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by concordDance on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:03AM (#34078280)
Calculating the hidden cost isn't simple "hard", it's nigh impossible. We've spent billions trying to calculate the externalities of a single gas (CO2) and we're still incredibly uncertain with giant error bars even with a ton of assumptions.
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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by worldsayshi on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:30AM (#34078475)
We have some idea. That's monumentally better than having no idea. And not acting on flawed data is still worse than acting.
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