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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Things start to make a lot more sense when you realize plastic is a patroleum biproduct. Just think about the insane amount of power the oil and gas industry have. They get billions of dollars a year in subsidies, as basically blackmail to not raise gas prices, plus you know the blatant bribery.

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

No doubt that is a large part of it!