Everything in life is a tradeoff. There are no "solutions" to problems, because every solution must be accomplished using scarce resources that have alternative

Everything in life is a tradeoff. There are no "solutions" to problems, because every solution must be accomplished using scarce resources that have alternative uses, and may carry unintended consequences. > Banning DDT resulted in recovery. It also caused more people to die of malaria[0,1]. > Same for the Endangered Species Act And adds to worsening homelessness in the Bay Area[2], so much so that a recent infrastructure bill signed by the governor weakens many environmental protections[3]. Banning things is easy. We can just ban every modern convenience and go back to pre-Industrial Revolution living standards and drop our carbon emissions by 99%. But the hidden side of every success story that comes from a ban of whatever material or practice you can think of is the human toll at the other end. [0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1173321/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1173321/ [1]: https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/0817939326_261.pdf https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents... [2]: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/woodside-blocks-new-housing-development-cites-endangered-cougars/ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/woodside-blocks-ne... [3]: https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2023/06/29/building-california-how-will-the-infrastructure-deal-affect-development-wildlife https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2023/06/29/building-ca...