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Originally Posted by Midnight Cowgirl
You are correct!
Unfortunately, there are a number of things we should focus on but don't. Man (meaning we humans) is inherently lazy. It truly is easy to change some of our bad habits, particularly when it comes to recycling. Since China is no longer accepting our plastics, I am certain we will see new laws appearing on the plastic and recycling scene.
Another thing -- laws have to change so that people are forced to do the right thing. It's really sad that it would have to come to that for us to change our lazy, bad habits.
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It is sad, definitely. It's even sadder that some of those "in authority" with the power to actually do something about it, deny that it's a problem that needs anything done about it at all.
Ecology? Why? The earth isn't suffering. Let's build more instead. Let's dig into our planet more and rip out more coal. Can't find it there? Then dig in somewhere else til you find it. Just keep digging - don't worry, the ground won't collapse.
Save the whales? Why? They're big and ugly, who cares if they die from eating plastic? Food chain? Screw the food chain. My food chain is cheeseburgers and McNuggets. You don't need anything else. The whales can die.
Fresh water? To heck with that. It's a minority town, no one cares if their kids are poisoned. Keep dumping toxic waste into the rivers and stop worrying about it.
Climate change? Doesn't exist. Let's give those car manufacturers and other manufacturers some more tax breaks and get rid of those silly pesky limits on how much waste and pollution they're allowed to create.