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jbcmh81 t1_j8u8dgu wrote

Reply to comment by vlsdo in [OC] Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per country by sometiara1

I'm not absolving them, but plenty of nations get trash and it doesn't end up in the ocean to anywhere near the degree that it does in the Philippines. So they should be taking only what they can actually process. Again, they're under no obligation to take anything at all.

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foxmetropolis t1_j8u2xqg wrote

Reply to [OC] Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per country by sometiara1

Does this have anything to do with the Philippines accepting "recycling" from other countries like the US? As in, the recycling loads that places like the US are too lazy and cheap to recycle themselves and ship to poorer countries instead?

I'm a little suspicious that the data oversimplifies the picture, and I'd be very interested in what it would look like if the country of origin was verified...

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apathyEndsNow OP t1_j8u0j56 wrote

Reply to comment by crimeo in HYSPLIT Air Dispersion model depicting the potential transport of chemical plumes emitted by the East Palestine Chemical Disaster [Ohio]. Simulating February 3-7, 2023 [OC] by apathyEndsNow

The plumes were apparently made up mix of impartially burnt Vinyl chloride, Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, Butyl acrylate, Ethylhexyl acrylate, and Isobutylene [source]. The interaction between the byproducts of combustion and the atmosphere are a huge mystery without additional information. Unfortunately, Northfolk Southern, the EPA, and local authorities haven't exactly been transparent about cleanup operations. The fact that local authorities were performing open burns in trenches only complicated the matter.

Also, Due to poor air quality weather conditions (subsidence inversion), the plume of toxic chemicals were not able to "go far up into the sky". Look at any done photos or ground footage and you'll say that the pollution was trapped in the low levels of the atmosphere (close to the ground). That deck of stratus clouds already indicated a stable layer of the atmosphere preventing pollution escape into the upper troposphere.

Lastly, your argument regarding power plants emitting SO2 is irrelevant, especially since the EPA mandates scubbers within their smokestacks. Would you want these chemicals from East Palestine dispersed anywhere close to your home?

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Boatster_McBoat t1_j8tv0j8 wrote

Reply to comment by thetreecycle in Percent of US voters that can vote in at least one ranked choice election, 1941-present [OC] by thetreecycle

We have more minor party representation, particularly in the senate where each state appoints 12 senators (6 every three years). Occasionally it requires one of the major parties to do a deal to form government - this often tempers the more extreme elements of the relevant major party. Overall I think our parliament is more diverse and representative of our population than it would be otherwise.

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cox_ph t1_j8tu9xx wrote

Reply to The U.S. states where children consume the most sugary snacks by LuckyLaceyKS

> This original survey of 1,135 parents around the United States was conducted by Main Street Children's Dentistry and Orthodontics using a Google Forms survey.

Yeah, this is far from a comprehensive and validated survey; this is ~20 parents per state that answered an online form. At those small numbers, state averages could easily be swayed by a couple outliers.

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