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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

The worst part is that no one will address the issue. You hear all this fear talk about waste and the environment and the solutions always ignore the huge, gaping causes. Was it California that banned straws to save the environment while 90% of the waste is dumped by Asia and Africa? Yeah, those straws will make a big difference. The everyday consumer who probably drives 40 minutes a day is told they must buy a more economical, joyless, electric car while no one is forcing the aviation, transport, mining, power generation, or shipping industries, all of which spew massive amounts of exhaust 24/7, are never told maybe they should be more efficient. Then with your example, we have more biodegradable products and packaging, but no one wants to talk about the fact that so much of what is produced goes straight to waste. I learnt the other day that my tiny, irrelevant state, South Australia, pays the highest electricity rates in the world because we keep doubling down on solar and wind and it keeps failing. So much expense was made getting the end consumers to install solar panels as well as taxpayer-funded subsidies from the government, and not only did it make things worse, and not only are owners of single person apartments like me paying almost $1K/year to run a computer, a bar fridge, and a light bulb, but there isn't a peep about the huge industrial and commercial power drawers that don't have to comply.