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The made-up part was that running out of landfill space was something to actually worry about. And a lot of what was shipped over was "recycling". :-/
by asark 7y ago
The made-up part was that running out of landfill space was something to actually worry about. And a lot of what was shipped over was "recycling". :-/
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoThis just sounds like an even more stretched "scientists used to think the globe was cooling" to me. (I've just noticed someone unironically referencing global cooling in another comment) Most other nations just did a cost benefit calculation and quietly got on with recycling. America, which has lots of space comparatively, also did the same cost benefit calculation, mostly got on with recycling, but with a vocal chorus of detractors whose arguments seems to bizarrely return (across decades!) to what we teach small children not being 100% accurate. Is this really the level of argument we're looking for in economic topics? Or is using these arguments basically an admission that we've lost and are fighting a desperate retreat using whatever emotionally salient arguments we can muster.