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> Figgener fears the public also became too focused on villainizing straws, rather than looking at plastic production itself as the problem. The information to
by karaterobot 3y ago
> Figgener fears the public also became too focused on villainizing straws, rather than looking at plastic production itself as the problem.
The information to draw this extremely obvious conclusion was publicly available at the time, and plenty of people were pointing it out. The problem is that saying "stop using plastic straws and shopping bags and you will be a good person" is such an easy thing to tell people who are motivated by guilt that the fact that it's completely ineffective is just not relevant to the conversation.
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoI thought the straw thing was weird because I don't like straws. Unless you're drinking boba or are disabled, why use a straw?
- kibwen 3y agoThis doesn't deserve to be downvoted. Both of the following can be true simultaneously: 1. Eliminating plastic straws alone won't move the needle when it comes to waste. 2. Plastic straws are entirely unnecessary for the vast majority of people.
- Ma8ee 3y agoI always thought it was planted as a distraction from the questions that really would make a difference. We think about the turtles that don’t have to get plastic straws in their noses while we drive our SUVs from the drive in with the rest of the meals wrapped in different types of plastics.