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Like other commenters, I wouldn't support this ban. With that said... I went to the Pickathon music festival last month (near Portland). The festival requires
by mcbishop 4y ago
Like other commenters, I wouldn't support this ban.
With that said...
I went to the Pickathon music festival last month (near Portland). The festival requires that all food from vendors be served in a reusable wide/shallow plastic bowl. Put the dirty bowl in a bin, and get a token for the next food purchase. Same idea with a tin cup, but attendees hold onto the cup (it comes with a carabiner). No single-use plastic allowed. Friends and I found the system easy and pleasant. A festival founder said in an interview that he hasn't heard complaints. He said other festivals have tried making this an option, but it didn't get traction.
The point is... sometimes it's easier for people to adjust to a new hard requirement, vs. swimming up-stream in a society that's very slow to adapt (because we're overwhelmed and status quo is known and relatively safe).
- colpabar 4y agoThe difference here is that the festival made it harder for the vendors, not the consumers. People can still get their food. To make it analogous to banning natural gas, imagine if the festival banned plastic utensils and told everyone they had to buy their own, and they had to be a very specific kind that was expensive. I’m all in favor of what the festival did though. I hate how much trash large gatherings can produce.
- mcbishop 4y agoI agree. A successful natural-gas ban would require impeccable execution (with huge public investment). I wouldn't trust federal gov't or state gov'ts to pull that off.