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It is also what happens when you pass dumb laws with no consideration of second order effects. If you want to ban bad plastics, mandate a safe alternative.
by WillPostForFood 1y ago
It is also what happens when you pass dumb laws with no consideration of second order effects. If you want to ban bad plastics, mandate a safe alternative.
- dennis_jeeves2 1y ago> If you want to ban bad plastics, mandate a safe alternative. Not always possible, is it? I mean there must have been a time before plastics?
- hypercube33 1y agoFor most of this stuff, we had something - glass. Companies lobbied against it because they had to build in recycling costs, and I assume its more expensive to ship.
- creaturemachine 1y agoThe shipping issue is entirely new. There are generations alive today that survived without fresh fruit imported from across the globe.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoAnd pre-emptively ban new materials and outlaw attempts to innovate?
- NewJazz 1y agoYou can still synthesize new chemicals, but you have to run studies and receive informed consent from subjects before dumping it in the wider world.
- WillPostForFood 1y agoYes, but I'd reframe as preemptively get permission before use. Maybe an automatic approval with appropriate testing. Allow innovation, but add some layer of accountability.