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It took governments less time to fix the Ozone hole (remember the Montreal Protocol?) than it took for the free market to converge on one type of phone charger
by paulgb 7y ago
It took governments less time to fix the Ozone hole (remember the Montreal Protocol?) than it took for the free market to converge on one type of phone charger that works on multiple devices.
Unfettered faith in free markets and unfettered faith in governments are equally bad things.
- manicpolymath 7y agoWasn’t the phone charger convergence driven by an EU mandate though?
- yyyk 7y agoCFC emissions took some time to subside after the Montreal Protocol. We also know there's a current Chinese source[0] which is still emitting CFCs in 2019. So I dunno if 'governments' have the advantage on that one. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48353341 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48353341
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- scarface74 7y agoAnd by the time the government mandated a standard charger, the tech world was moving on to a better standard -- USB C.