Chu 朱Apr 22, 2024

I hate articles like this. A vegan shopping bag toting, straw refusing person is not going to do jack for the #ClimateCrisis

Instead of writing about actual solutions to #ClimateBreakdown like going after oil producers, pointlessly large car manufacturers, fast fashion, or Amazon. The tail wagging writers doing the billionaires bidding has once again pinned the problem on you, the consumer with no agency except to pick one brand of potato chip over the other in a desperate attempt to reduce your plastic by micro grams while Bezos has bridges removed so he can float his yacht out to sea.

#MediaIsComplicit in #ClimateChange from doing Exxon's climate denial bidding back in the day to obfuscating the real problem now.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/earth-day-how-one-grocery-shopper-takes-steps-to-avoid-pointless-plastic-1.6855883

Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid 'pointless plastic'

Nature wraps bananas and oranges in peels. But in some modern supermarkets, they're bagged or wrapped in plastic too.

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@chu Your point is fair, as although plastics pollution heavily relies on fossil fuels, it has relatively little direct impact on climate change. However, it poses a different and quite serious problem in itself, with microplastics being a particularly concerning aspect.
Apr 22, 2024 at 10:44pmWeb