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or treat your effluent, or avoid it in the first place? Pretty sure it would cost less than shutting everything down...

• jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  We would have done it already, no? Perhaps only punitive measures work. Pollution and environmental damage cannot be quantified ...it is invisible and we assume that it is a function of time. But it isn’t..it is because of consumption and population growth(which leads to more consumption)
  • icebraining 7y ago
    > We would have done it already, no? No, lots of countries had a problem with water pollution, including the US (Tom Lehrer wrote a satire song in '65 on that issue[1]), and then they implemented measures to improve it. India can and will do the same, I'm sure. [1] https://youtu.be/nz_-KNNl-no?t=18 https://youtu.be/nz_-KNNl-no?t=18
    • wh1t3n01s3 7y ago
      Come on, are you serious? This is capitalist BS. Side note: ‘improving pollution’ means more pollution, not less.
    • wh1t3n01s3 7y ago
      Edit, I was wrong on the improving pollution side note, sorry. Anyway the capitalist consumism will pollute more than it can be improved...
• mensetmanusman 7y ago
  Dramatically raise prices for travel, add lottery’s etc.