George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽No mercy for this bozo.
cqd_sos@georgetakei
I wouldn't hesitate to support his (single use plastic) straw rule though, for men, women and children alike, as they're a major contributor to marine plastic pollution across the globe.
trenchworms@cqd_sos No. They aren't.
@trenchworms
Regarding the numbers, straws and stirrers are 8th on the list in the US, 9th globally.
https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ICCAnnualReport2024_Digital.pdf
Regarding the numbers, straws and stirrers are 8th on the list in the US, 9th globally.
https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ICCAnnualReport2024_Digital.pdf
@cqd_sos If your argument for straws being a major component of marine plastic pollution, globally, relies on a paper that assesses by count and on coasts alone, and does not mention FISHING NETS, which actually account for a major part of marine plastic pollution, then it's extremely hard to take you as a credible source in this conversation.
Straws make up 0.025% of the total plastics that enter the ocean. Treating them like a unique priority is like complaining about the flammability of an empty matchbox while your house is on fire.
People will genuinely twist themselves into knots about straws to save marine life but will not stop eating marine life to save marine life. Make it make sense?
@trenchworms
Source? If you're referring to the Greenpeace report, that's been addressed in my response to the other dude already.
You know, the oceans are large, which is why getting precise figures is so difficult. In fact, the only hard figures we have come from the ICC, whose 2024 report I previously mentioned.