True, but medical devices are probably very very minor sources of pollution compared to textiles and firefighting foam. 80/20 rule is a clear step forward. Let's not artificially invent uneccessary arguments to stall progress.
Thedogdrinkscoffee
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Every economist's academic defense should require them to read their papers aloud while walking in between two rows of real scientists with amped up cattle prods; physicists, ecologists, systems theorists, mathematicians, chemists, biologists etc...
Every time you say something stupid you get zapped. Those granted degrees are those who survive the ordeal.
If you're unfamiliar with the process, this should inspire sufficiently.
William Nordhause:
"Three degrees of warming will reduce GDP by 2.1%"
"Aaaaarrrrgh!"
"We can mitigate economic damage of higher warming by moving economic activity indoors into air conditioned spaces for 5% of GDP."
"Aaaaaaaaaargh!"
"There are no limits to growth on a finite planet!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
There is no deal in EU or Japan. Trump is con artist. A serial fraudster. He is not bound by any court or the rule of law or congress. He is a proven bad faith actor. The US is a bad faith actor.
These "deals" with Japan and the EU aren't worth the ink used in the signature. EU and Japan know this as does the US. This is three lying parties, all knowing everyone is lying, buying time to de-integrate economies gracefully.
Nobody is fucking investing in Trump's America. Everyone is moving as fast as possible to divest from the US to domestic for strategic needs and reliable trade partners for everything else. No one would risk further entanglements with a bad faith actor bound by nothing but Antisocial Personality Disorder and a sexual desire for children.
Not really. Globalization was not an entirely good thing. Some things improved, some important things were lost. Europe, like the rest of the world will adjust.
I was refering to the hole you shit in, not the hole you shit out of.
EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF FASCISM
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Powerful and continuing nationalism
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Disdain for human rights
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Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
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Rampant sexism
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Controlled mass media
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Obsession with national security
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Religion and government intertwined
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Corporate power protected
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Labor power suppressed
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Disdain for intellectual and the arts
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Obsession with crime and punishment
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Rampant cronyism and corruption
I'd say that China scores very highly across most of these. I'd almost give them a pass on Intellectual and the Arts, but even then only approved intellectualism and the Arts are allowed.
E.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_dissidents
"He who eats babies" may shut the fuck up, and go back to chairing the International Society of Aspiring Fascist Dictatorships.
Have we stopped the global production of PFAS? It is non-biogradable and thus cumulative in the environment and due to earth's natural hydrological cycle, it doesn't respect borders.
Filtering our drinking water while not banning it entirely and leading the charge to a global ban is just whistling past the graveyard.
What a shithole country.
Jokes on you, that's my kink.
Complete, yes, eventually. Immediate, yes, now would be great.