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I am really concerned about climate and I have tried to change as many habits as I can to lower my footprint. I am also very tired of big corps polluting like

by thefz 3y ago

I am really concerned about climate and I have tried to change as many habits as I can to lower my footprint. I am also very tired of big corps polluting like crazy and then shifting blame towards the customers, especially wherever there is no "greener" choice. New pipelines get built to send oil to plastic factories, yet you hear only "advice" to consume less plastic directed to the customer. The real polluters never ever get mentioned, yet we are asked to switch to plastic straws, as if they make any difference against thousands of cubic meters of plastic produced every day.

myshpa 3y ago
Ocean plastic coming from straws is 0.03% of all plastic in the ocean. 46% of the Pacific garbage patch is fishing nets. The rules of our society are dictated by corporations and money. We're enabling those corporation with our purchasing habits. Btw, paper straws are not that much better, neither for us or the environment (they're coated with PFAS). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653521007074?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00456...
ericmay 3y ago
At the end of the day, people need to change their habits and consume less (or differently - i.e. paper straws [1]) and the government needs to regulate companies and their pollution - which means we need to vote. If you aren’t willing to change your personal habits, or if you think it’s hopeless, you’re just going to never see change. You don’t have to wait until private jet flights are banned to take action. [1] I really don’t get the paper straw thing. They’re fine today and they’re going to improve over time.
pif 3y ago
> I have tried to change as many habits as I can to lower my footprint That may be good to your conscience, but you realise that you have not tackled the problem at all, do you? If you really want to have an impact, try and achieve a concrete result: for example, help someone relocate from India to Canada!

by thefz 3y ago

myshpa 3y ago

Ocean plastic coming from straws is 0.03% of all plastic in the ocean. 46% of the Pacific garbage patch is fishing nets. The rules of our society are dictated by corporations and money. We're enabling those corporation with our purchasing habits. Btw, paper straws are not that much better, neither for us or the environment (they're coated with PFAS). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653521007074?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00456...

ericmay 3y ago

At the end of the day, people need to change their habits and consume less (or differently - i.e. paper straws [1]) and the government needs to regulate companies and their pollution - which means we need to vote. If you aren’t willing to change your personal habits, or if you think it’s hopeless, you’re just going to never see change. You don’t have to wait until private jet flights are banned to take action. [1] I really don’t get the paper straw thing. They’re fine today and they’re going to improve over time.

pif 3y ago

> I have tried to change as many habits as I can to lower my footprint That may be good to your conscience, but you realise that you have not tackled the problem at all, do you? If you really want to have an impact, try and achieve a concrete result: for example, help someone relocate from India to Canada!