Single-use Plastics vs. Biodegradable Utensils
In response to my post of banning single-use plastics in our national parks, Alma Shaw asks: But what are the alternatives? I can foresee visitors bringing plastics they purchased elsewhere. The plastic industry needs to be held accountable at the source.
You make a good point about the plastic industry, though, thankfully, we tend not to put whole industry segments out of business just because they inflict harm on society. The tobacco industry is an excellent example. (more…)
Here’s a conversation I had with an elderly friend that I thought I’d share.
The Story of Stuff Project is asking Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, to ban the sales of single-use plastics from all U.S. national parks. Click 
It’s hard to argue against the father of our understanding of the atom, Niels Bohr, but I’ve always been taken by what the more recent physicist Richard Feynman said, “If you think you understand quantum mechanics then you don’t understand quantum mechanics.”
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This made me smile. Most of the physics that have been developed in the last 120 years is counterintuitive, to put it mildly.
The Story of Stuff people would have a field day with this “
IMO, progressives have better, more humanitarian values than conservatives generally, but I emphasize the word generally. Colin Powell was certainly a conservative, but had the integrity to leave the GOP when it was clear that the Republican Party was continuing to stand behind Trump, even after it was obvious that the then-president had attempted to overthrow the U.S. government.
How do you make Belgians want to take the bus, vs. driving their own cars?
Here’s an excerpt from this article on 
