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Every time this topic surfaces in my various feeds, I do a Ctrl+F/Cmd+F// for car/motor/driv/vehicle. To date, I've found no articles that mention plastic and e
by coatmatter 8y ago
Every time this topic surfaces in my various feeds, I do a Ctrl+F/Cmd+F// for car/motor/driv/vehicle. To date, I've found no articles that mention plastic and excessive motor vehicle use (often single-occupancy) in the same article.
I don't really understand why no one ever seems to make that final step in logic. How many plastic straws-worth of oil do we waste on private motor vehicle mileage each year?
- gbear605 8y agoThis topic is primarily about the accumulation of physical waste (ie. garbage), not about the oil usage. Of course, the oil usage is a valid problem that needs to be solved, but that's not why people are caring about the straws.
- coatmatter 8y agoI see the article highlighting the community's continual misplacing of priorities. This doesn't mean that I don't think plastic straws present any problems, but I believe most aren't thinking rationally about the cause of the problem (excessive consumption, etc). A similar hysteria has recently been occuring with dumped bikes while the ongoing issue with motoring addiction goes on unaddressed: https://slate.com/business/2018/04/astounding-photos-capture-graveyards-of-unused-dockless-vehicles-in-american-cities.html https://slate.com/business/2018/04/astounding-photos-capture... To borrow what I believe is an unfair phrase, the article as I see it is about "bike-shedding".