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> Can't we just finish stopping the C8/CFC/Pesticide/whatever Most of this comes down to figuring out what's harmful and regulating it. We can't outlaw "chemi
by mlyle 4y ago
> Can't we just finish stopping the C8/CFC/Pesticide/whatever
Most of this comes down to figuring out what's harmful and regulating it. We can't outlaw "chemicals". And, of course, there's the whole cooperation in other jurisdictions problem, which affects the next point...
> some nebulous, all-inclusive climate change plan that mostly causes people to only focus on oil use?
Look, uh, the climate change thing is bad. Really bad. And avoiding burning stuff is really hard. We can live without PFAS and glyphosate if we decide we really should. Avoiding burning stuff for energy is really hard.
The chemical harms are complicated: there are some that are long-standing risks, but most of our concerns do not raise to the level of something that screws up climate, agriculture, etc, for centuries.
- coryrc 4y agoWe could ban halogens from construction and food industries though with a very short list of known safe exceptions (table salt, hypochlorite). Maybe we give up a tiny bit of convenience -- oh no, I can't leave tomato sauce in my pot overnight without washing, and I have to pay slightly more for longer-lasting fiberglass windows instead of junk vinyl -- but so be it.