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The Plastics Paradox

Tim Benson Chris DeArmitt
USA
2021
heartlanddailynews.com
Anti-fossil fuels protestors in their wetsuits, kayaks, helmets, and paddles made from petroleum. These people couldn't survive a few weeks without the benefits of petroleum and its by-products.

Along with becoming shorthand for the soullessness of modern consumer society, with the birth and growth of the environmental movement, plastic began being denigrated as a unique threat to the Earth. Today, many people just assume plastic is horrible for the planet. Governments big and small try to, and sometimes successfully do, ban “single-use” plastic bags and straws, supposedly to protect the environment.