>I think we ran the experiment to know what consumer choice gets us: petrol with lead in it, and associated pollution and brain damage. Nailed it. Meanwhile, t

>I think we ran the experiment to know what consumer choice gets us: petrol with lead in it, and associated pollution and brain damage. Nailed it. Meanwhile, there has never been an experiment with government intervention that has failed. For example, Agent Orange only existed because of consumer choice, as you astutely imply. So your point is airtight and not full of holes from every angle. >Do you have an ETA when the magical consumer choice / free market will finally solve issues of single-use plastic pollution, unrecycleability of most products, toxic e-waste poisoning children, slavery in the supply chains, etc, ? What's the ETA on magical government regulation fixing these problems?