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> Stop driving? Not a realistic solution. The vast majority of people will take the microplastics over not driving.
by olalonde 3y ago
> Stop driving?
Not a realistic solution. The vast majority of people will take the microplastics over not driving.
- glial 3y agoUntil the concentration is high enough it affects birth rates.
- malka 3y agoIt might already do.
- QuarterReptile 3y agoI hate to be the bearer of bad news, but birth rates are already pretty low, and, worse than failing to deal with the problem, some people think that is a good thing.
- jay_kyburz 3y agoFalling birth rates _is_ a good thing and in my view its the only viable solution to global warming. Less people is less energy use and pollution.
- haltist 3y ago[flagged]
- dang 3y agoThat's not any sort of moderation factor on HN.
- orthecreedence 3y ago[flagged]
- haltist 3y ago[flagged]
- fnordpiglet 3y agoBirth rates isn’t what motivates people. It’s the act that creates births that people care about. To that end, until it causes impotence.
- epistasis 3y agoYou say "vast" but we have to outlaw non-car options and legislate that only car options are allowed for nearly all our land. If we were to even legalize non-car options, we might discover what the market actually wants. And the necessity of those laws kind of shows that the non-car option must be legally suppressed to prevent its true market preference from being revealed. To everyone who thinks that the "vast majority" of people prefer driving, I say: show the confidence of your convictions and make it legal to build other options.