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I mean a pollutant has no upside. Being intoxicated has a lot of upsides including a good time, stress relief, community etc.

• gruez 4y ago
  The pollutant isn't being dumped into the environment for fun. It's almost always done in service of some sort of economic activity (eg. farming, power generation, resource extraction). In this context the upside is the associated economic activity.
  • kergonath 4y ago
    Taking alcohol is my choice. I make that choice because I think the trade off is worth it, but I respect other people who think otherwise and do not drink. It is nobody’s choice to live in a polluted atmosphere and you cannot opt out.
  • Teever 4y ago
    That argument assumes high efficiency in society when we both know that society is anything but.