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Re:U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on... by _heimdall on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:04AM (#40011600)
That's totally reasonable, though I assume that means you also accept, and don't complain about, environmental damage, global warming, or any of the health conditions related to environmental contaminants from plastics and their manufacturing.

I'd also assume that you don't see EVs as a practical solution, or any non-petroleum engine, since plastics can't be made without oil and it'd be crazy to drill enough oil to keep our post-industrial lives without using the refined gas and diesel that we'd be creating anyway.

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Re:U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on... by weregiraffe on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:24AM (#40011771)
In the long term, we are all dead anyway. In the short term, nuclear power could solve all these problems if people weren't idiots.
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Re:U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on... by datadrivenangel on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:42AM (#40011930)
Disagree. If we can fix some downside of plastics, we ought to complain and take action.
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Re:U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on... by _heimdall on Friday April 12, 2024 @09:03AM (#40012155)
What would that look like, fixing downsides of plastics? Are you thinking about a top-down government fix, or a more bottom-up fix driven by consumers unwilling to use plastics?
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