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Moru on Oct 2, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, rep...

I'm more worried that we dig in on the easy problems, forgetting the big, hard problems. Like plastic straws instead of fishing nets...

lonelappde on Oct 2, 2019 [–]

Why worry without evidence?

Even if the only the thing the straw ban did was inspired a whataboutism movement to pretend to care about fishing nets, it would still be a net win in terms of motivating improvement.

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