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Re:Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular? by rTX5CMRXIfFG on Friday November 24, 2023 @02:12PM (#38407125)
Would you do me a kindness and let me know later if sarcasm gets through people who can’t care about the environment a bit more than their own consumption? I’ve tried reason but it never works.
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Re:Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular? by xkekjrktllss on Friday November 24, 2023 @02:21PM (#38407215)
Material security is the best predictor of environmentalist political priorities. Nothing else even comes close.
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Re:Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular? by lazide on Saturday November 25, 2023 @10:40AM (#38414164)
If you think about it, there are strong evolutionary incentives for people to take from someone/something else rather than reduce their own consumption voluntarily. Hell, it’s what all ecosystems are built on!
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