> but the war on plastic straws has been a huge step back
Yeah, the straw is a prime example of bike-shedding.
So much talk and energy spent on something so unimportant.
Everybody can have an opinion about straws.
Worse it makes reasonable people argue against what is intended to be regulation to save the environment. Thus, fracturing what should otherwise be a strong public opinion that we can and must protect the environment.
I think it's wildly optimistic to say there's a strong public opinion we should protect the environment. What people mean when they say they support that, in my opinion, is that we shouldn't cut down some trees far away that don't matter. Stop killing polar bears. But as soon as you tell them they'll pay more taxes, or pay more for lumber, or pay more for every product that used to be plastic, whatever it is, they vehemently vote against it.
Yeah, the straw is a prime example of bike-shedding.
So much talk and energy spent on something so unimportant.
Everybody can have an opinion about straws.
Worse it makes reasonable people argue against what is intended to be regulation to save the environment. Thus, fracturing what should otherwise be a strong public opinion that we can and must protect the environment.