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B.C. residents urged to take shorter showers, conserve water as drought conditions worsen (bc.ctvnews.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blaming the individuals, how typical. It's just like the drinking straws.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I understand this sentiment. I believe corporations are the main cause of all our ills.

However, by not using the straws, as a small first step, they don't produce them anymore. Plastics (and other petroleum products) need to be phased out yesterday.

A few hundred million people not using them everyday absolutely does, cumulatively, make a difference.

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

Vote with your wallet, in short.

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

If the only things produced are poison, what then? If you are too poor to purchase, yet still victim of said poison, what then?I