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Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare (www.wired.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think we're in violent agreement that just sorta looks like an argument.

I'll acknowledge that I have a privileged position where I can vote with my dollar for this kind of thing.

This is a similar discussion for electric vehicles and transit. It isn't the fault of the person in a 20 year old rusted out Civic that they're burning gas, because their neighborhood doesn't have a bus and why the heck would they pay for an EV and they just have to get to work.