alt Hacker NewsNo, they are about cleaning up European beaches. Anyone using plastic straws as an argument against combating climate change is acting in bad faith.
No, they are about cleaning up European beaches. Anyone using plastic straws as an argument against combating climate change is acting in bad faith.
Plastic straws are simply emblematic of the environmental movement as a whole. "Political capital" is not infinite, folks will only tolerate so much disruption to their lives. Going after plastic straws instead of something more consequential was a mistake.