Many US states have the same thing -- it's 5 or 10 cents per bottle, so the ratio to income is much lower than in Russia. Typically, people don't bother it, but the homeless/poor pick up bottles off the street to return in bulk.
Is it still inert under digestive system levels of acidity, with bacteria, under long-term UV exposure? What's "inert" in a kitchen drawer or a carry-out bag doesn't mean it's inert over the long term. Not to mention that ingesting plastic potentially harms wildlife mechanically (i.e. punctured, infected oesophagus = death).
The difference between Europe and the US is that no one is going to be thrown in jail for eating with a plastic fork.
Whereas, in the US, cops harass, fine, paper-check, even jail people for having a beer on the beach (perfectly normal in most of Europe).
US still jails people for a plant that's mostly ignored in much of Western Europe.
Unpaid parking and traffic tickets are treated as criminal matters in the US vs civil matters for collection in most non-US countries.
Kids are encouraged to be independent in most European countries, parents aren't threatened with CPS or jail for letting them walk to school.
And European cops aren't as trigger-happy as Americans. The US is the place that's over-regulated. European regulations tend to be more common-sense, and less nanny-state than the US -- the US tends to like to impose religious superstitions and anti-pleasure rules on the public. Why? Because we said so, or because Gawd said we should.
What's a K-cup? (Seriously, yes, I know.)
I just use an electric kettle and a Bodum press, makes better coffee than silly little Keurig machines. And is 100% washable, unlike the tiny passages in a drip machine, so there's no place for biofilm to grow.
Most drinks at a restaurant are refrigerated, so are at 4C/40F or so. Ice will only get that down to 1C/34F, not a hell of a difference. Also, most restaurants outside the US charge for refills.
I'd rather have them be washable. Metal forks/knives/spoons, give glasses that are reusable without straws. If it isn't clean enough to put my lips on, I'm not drinking out of it, straw or not.
Glass gets worn down by the ocean very quickly -- turns into lumplike "sea glass" that's not sharp. As far as energy, we need to just be more mindful about how we produce it. Use electric roll-on/roll-off freight trains for long-distance deliveries, use electric trucks (like the "milk floats") of old for short-distance delivery. Power can come from nuclear, wind, solar, geotherm, etc. A bit of waste won't hurt as much if the energy used is clean in the first place.
Metal cutlery is allowed and used. Oddly (in the US, AFAIK) glass or hard plastic bottles are not banned either, even though there's a potential safety issue there.
Why can't there by sturdier, washable plastic forks and spoons for those who need/want them? The problem isn't material, it's more use-case (one time use).
Why do you need a straw unless you're disabled or are doing drive-through (much less popular in Europe anyway)? Even with a drive-through, it doesn't kill anyone to stop for 5 minutes to eat and drink instead of slobbering all over the car.
Yeah, but it's not Oracle's place to ram the cloud down customers' gullets "for their own good." If customers want to keep running in-house, it should be their right and they shouldn't be threatened for refusing to run with the latest "cloud" fad.
200A at 240V (what most US houses have) can mine a lot of coin. Remember that amps are PEAK load, and most houses use maybe 1/10 of that on average through a day. So there's still room for Bitcoin mining even with average electrical service.
I hope the Bitcoin mining hardware and its installation conforms exactly to the local electrical code. Also, home users of more than a certain number of kWh per month should expect to pay more per kWh. Bitcoin is interesting, but it's a horribly wasteful way of transacting business.
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Stop drinking Faux Noose agitprop KoolAid like it's water. You might get diabeetus.
Boba Tea is toxic shit anyway...
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Care for a side of PCBs aka transformer oil?
Many US states have the same thing -- it's 5 or 10 cents per bottle, so the ratio to income is much lower than in Russia. Typically, people don't bother it, but the homeless/poor pick up bottles off the street to return in bulk.
Is it still inert under digestive system levels of acidity, with bacteria, under long-term UV exposure? What's "inert" in a kitchen drawer or a carry-out bag doesn't mean it's inert over the long term. Not to mention that ingesting plastic potentially harms wildlife mechanically (i.e. punctured, infected oesophagus = death).
The difference between Europe and the US is that no one is going to be thrown in jail for eating with a plastic fork.
Whereas, in the US, cops harass, fine, paper-check, even jail people for having a beer on the beach (perfectly normal in most of Europe).
US still jails people for a plant that's mostly ignored in much of Western Europe.
Unpaid parking and traffic tickets are treated as criminal matters in the US vs civil matters for collection in most non-US countries.
Kids are encouraged to be independent in most European countries, parents aren't threatened with CPS or jail for letting them walk to school.
And European cops aren't as trigger-happy as Americans. The US is the place that's over-regulated. European regulations tend to be more common-sense, and less nanny-state than the US -- the US tends to like to impose religious superstitions and anti-pleasure rules on the public. Why? Because we said so, or because Gawd said we should.
What's a K-cup? (Seriously, yes, I know.) I just use an electric kettle and a Bodum press, makes better coffee than silly little Keurig machines. And is 100% washable, unlike the tiny passages in a drip machine, so there's no place for biofilm to grow.
Maybe you shouldn't have bred then. You'll still be changing that shizznit, you'll probably be puked on, deal with milk leakage. Fun times...
Most drinks at a restaurant are refrigerated, so are at 4C/40F or so. Ice will only get that down to 1C/34F, not a hell of a difference. Also, most restaurants outside the US charge for refills.
Yep, "no ice please."
I'd rather have them be washable. Metal forks/knives/spoons, give glasses that are reusable without straws. If it isn't clean enough to put my lips on, I'm not drinking out of it, straw or not.
Glass gets worn down by the ocean very quickly -- turns into lumplike "sea glass" that's not sharp. As far as energy, we need to just be more mindful about how we produce it. Use electric roll-on/roll-off freight trains for long-distance deliveries, use electric trucks (like the "milk floats") of old for short-distance delivery. Power can come from nuclear, wind, solar, geotherm, etc. A bit of waste won't hurt as much if the energy used is clean in the first place.
Metal cutlery is allowed and used. Oddly (in the US, AFAIK) glass or hard plastic bottles are not banned either, even though there's a potential safety issue there.
Why can't there by sturdier, washable plastic forks and spoons for those who need/want them? The problem isn't material, it's more use-case (one time use).
Why do you need a straw unless you're disabled or are doing drive-through (much less popular in Europe anyway)? Even with a drive-through, it doesn't kill anyone to stop for 5 minutes to eat and drink instead of slobbering all over the car.
Anyone who likes to eat and drink -- this junk eventually re-enters our bodies via the ecosystem.
I'll stay on the side of freedom, so long as the US has cop trash and lawmaker trash seeking to put people in a cage for victimless crimes.
And, compared to Australia, the US government is much more hostile. Which is why the US doesn't deserve a cashless society.
The US imprisons 1% of its population; it's a worldwide disgrace among free countries.
I'd take a jungle over a prison any day of the week. You seem to want a prison, because you're too cowardly to appreciate freedom.
Yeah, but it's not Oracle's place to ram the cloud down customers' gullets "for their own good." If customers want to keep running in-house, it should be their right and they shouldn't be threatened for refusing to run with the latest "cloud" fad.
The customers don't want to be "on cloud" -- they want to stay local. How much would moving to a competing local solution cost?
Not really -- the Chinese "miners" in question seem more ignorant than evil.
If weed is legal, why do the grow-ops need to be indoors and using grow-lites?
200A at 240V (what most US houses have) can mine a lot of coin. Remember that amps are PEAK load, and most houses use maybe 1/10 of that on average through a day. So there's still room for Bitcoin mining even with average electrical service.
I hope the Bitcoin mining hardware and its installation conforms exactly to the local electrical code. Also, home users of more than a certain number of kWh per month should expect to pay more per kWh. Bitcoin is interesting, but it's a horribly wasteful way of transacting business.
It ended very well -- authoritarian experiments tend to fail, and that's a GOOD thing!