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Here’s a nice photo essay about what you are wishing on California. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth https://www.bbc.com/fu

Here’s a nice photo essay about what you are wishing on California. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-...

nwellinghoff 3y ago
Yikes. Absolutely devastating.
fragmede 3y ago
Silicon Valley was a superfund site supporting this news heavy industry of silicon transistors before it was paved over for the computer industry.
marcusverus 3y ago
Environmentalists and scaremongering. Name a better couple. America is not China. The EPA still exists.
- partitioned 3y ago
  To be fair without environmentalists the EPA would not have existed and would also cease to exist in the future. Hth
- Andrex 3y ago
  > The EPA still exists. Less and less of it the more a certain party is in power. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4291864-house-gop-approves-cutting-epa-budget-by-nearly-40-percent/ https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4291864-house-...
  - Freedom2 3y ago
    The EPA is largely useless. Businesses, driven by consumer demand and public reputation, have incentives to adopt environmentally friendly practices. Moreover, the legal system can handle disputes and damages related to environmental harm, thus making a specialized agency like the EPA redundant.
infecto 3y ago
I don't think anyone is wishing this on California. The counter argument is that while mines in America still might not be perfect for everyone, they are much better than outsourcing those materials from lots of countries. Consumption is not stopping and we need supplies for raw materials.
roenxi 3y ago
What is wrong with those photos? Does California not have any industry of any sort? Those are typical industrial scenes that I expect you could find in most cities. Unless I've been sorely mislead, California isn't a tropical jungle. There are colours other than green out there. If the haze is Chinese smog rather than just haze that is a problem, but visually there is nothing there that is problematic.
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nwellinghoff 3y ago

Yikes. Absolutely devastating.

fragmede 3y ago

Silicon Valley was a superfund site supporting this news heavy industry of silicon transistors before it was paved over for the computer industry.

marcusverus 3y ago

Environmentalists and scaremongering. Name a better couple. America is not China. The EPA still exists.

partitioned 3y ago
To be fair without environmentalists the EPA would not have existed and would also cease to exist in the future. Hth
Andrex 3y ago
> The EPA still exists. Less and less of it the more a certain party is in power. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4291864-house-gop-approves-cutting-epa-budget-by-nearly-40-percent/ https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4291864-house-...
- Freedom2 3y ago
  The EPA is largely useless. Businesses, driven by consumer demand and public reputation, have incentives to adopt environmentally friendly practices. Moreover, the legal system can handle disputes and damages related to environmental harm, thus making a specialized agency like the EPA redundant.

infecto 3y ago

I don't think anyone is wishing this on California. The counter argument is that while mines in America still might not be perfect for everyone, they are much better than outsourcing those materials from lots of countries. Consumption is not stopping and we need supplies for raw materials.

roenxi 3y ago

What is wrong with those photos? Does California not have any industry of any sort? Those are typical industrial scenes that I expect you could find in most cities. Unless I've been sorely mislead, California isn't a tropical jungle. There are colours other than green out there. If the haze is Chinese smog rather than just haze that is a problem, but visually there is nothing there that is problematic.

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