3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B

Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by EastLondonCoder on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:06AM (#34078305)

Is it really that hard though? On the top of my mind I can come up with several success stories of solving tragedy of the commons type of problems. For example:

Global regulation around CFCs made the ozone hole shrink

The don't mess with texas anti littering campaign and similar outreach programs worldwide reduced littering

In general taxing negative externalities seems to have an effect

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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by amelius on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:20AM (#34079218)

The solution isn't difficult. It is getting everyone to agree on that solution that is difficult.

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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by Xelynega on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:38AM (#34082050)

Or is most of the difficulty in trying to convince people who've read articles about "the tragic of the commons" and think that's the natural state of the world that they're wrong?

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