While running some errands the other day, I opted to swing by the local Popeye's instead of making lunch at home. I got my usual spicy chicken sandwich with beans-and-rice and an unsweetened (collective gasp from the Southerners notwithstanding) iced tea. I was blessed with a plastic straw to accompany my plastic iced tea container and plastic container lid, and I flashed back to the great ecological panic of just a few years ago. That was when we all learned that those plastic straws were an existential threat to the planet, contributing (supposedly) to the giant plastic accretion in the Pacific Ocean.
In 1969 NBC aired a special “Who killed Lake Erie”. By the 80’s it was coming back. I hate a lot of what the EPA does-CAFE rules, calling a puddle wetlands etc, but Lake Erie is a true success story.
Several years ago when the plastic straw was demonized I got a set free of stainless steel ones from Pampered Chef when I ordered some cast iron cook wear for our BBQ. They remain in my kitchen draw in the fine quality draw string bag aging. I admit I did pull one out to use once for a Yeti that came with only a straw hole until I found a proper lid for it. I personally never use straws as a rule. It has nothing to do with pollution. It’s vanity. They will wrinkle your lips like you’re a smoker.
Not that this has anything to do with your article which I totally agree with. 😊
We don't hear about the frogs anymore either.
In 1969 NBC aired a special “Who killed Lake Erie”. By the 80’s it was coming back. I hate a lot of what the EPA does-CAFE rules, calling a puddle wetlands etc, but Lake Erie is a true success story.
How are bees actually counted? And who is counting them?
Unfortunately, a lot of people make a good living by scaring the rest of us. I am thinking about the commentators on MSNBC as one example.
Several years ago when the plastic straw was demonized I got a set free of stainless steel ones from Pampered Chef when I ordered some cast iron cook wear for our BBQ. They remain in my kitchen draw in the fine quality draw string bag aging. I admit I did pull one out to use once for a Yeti that came with only a straw hole until I found a proper lid for it. I personally never use straws as a rule. It has nothing to do with pollution. It’s vanity. They will wrinkle your lips like you’re a smoker.
Not that this has anything to do with your article which I totally agree with. 😊