I'm wondering instead - why the fuck put a god damn ballpark near these things?
It's just braindead planning.
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
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This is, sadly, the reasoning at the core of the problem in the heads of the people who know about the problem but choose not to do the right thing. They may rationalize away the cognitive dissonance of knowing they're likely harming others and not wanting to think of themselves as a bad person by making up various excuses, but the truth of the matter is that human beings make decisions more based on emotion than reason, and most people are going to feel stronger feelings about the things that affect them and theirs than things that affect complete strangers. Our psychology—like most other aspects of us—evolved to function in small, tight-knit communities. We are simply not adapted to live in societies as large as we've created.
“It is a recognized ozone-depleting chemical… The compound was used extensively as a pesticide until being phased out by most countries in the early 2000s.”
“The Montreal Protocol stipulates that bromomethane use be phased out.”
I guess everyone is phasing it out except the US? Figures.
"Why has no action been taken? "
Capitalism; greed and lack of empathy.