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> Put companies out of business that produce or import said goods Tough. Don't go into business ruining the environment. Similar closures would have happened i
by oldcynic 9y ago
> Put companies out of business that produce or import said goods
Tough. Don't go into business ruining the environment. Similar closures would have happened in asbestos, coal, tetraethyl lead additives and plenty of other things we've discovered are a very bad idea.
> Reducing availability and increasing cost of medical goods
That's quite a leap - do you have a source?
Scotland is banning all plastic straws from end of next year. I sincerely doubt there is going to be a black market as a result.
- ksk 9y agoThat applies to computers and all of the other un-repairable ewaste generating electronics. All purchases of smartphones, laptops, in fact pretty much all of bestbuy would fall in that category. Can we get a ban on those too? https://ifixit.org/ewaste https://ifixit.org/ewaste
- emodendroket 9y agoI'd argue that disposable bags, disposable straws, disposable chopsticks, and the like are in a different category because there is a ready alternative which is not particularly onerous to use.
- ksk 9y agoYou're quite right. But, how many tech people do you think are willing to inconvenience themselves with a heavy laptop or a bulky smartphone if it meant that they were repairable? My opinion is that the vast majority will continue to line up to buy the latest shiny use-and-throw bauble from TechCompanyX, while railing against coal and plastics. I'm just against the "Do as I say, not as I do" mindset.
- walshemj 9y agoJust get apple to sack Jony Ive, introduce a new apple with a rugged brutalist style and make a feature of making it be repairable (with only apple Tm parts). Only Slightly Joking
- emodendroket 9y agoAre tech people uniquely unlikely to use plastic bags? I don't really understand the logic here, and a laptop that is appreciably worse seems like the wrong analogy to a canvas bag.