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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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[–] PenguinTD@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (10 children)

water licensees, can we see how much corporations consumes vs regular household?

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/12-581-x/2017001/sec-1-eng.htm

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (2 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.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vote with your wallet, in short.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years 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

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