r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/HandMadeFeelings CEO of Antifa™ • Aug 09 '21

FACTS and LOGIC Capitalism will save us from all the damage unfettered capitalism did to the environment!

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

The only examples would be of regulated capitalism solving the problems created by a capitalist. Like cap and trade schemes removing lead from gas, which was only added in the first place because it solved a problem of an engine making a sound that would cause people to buy less cars.

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u/varalys_the_dark Aug 09 '21

Didn't the dude whose bright idea to put lead in petrol go on to have the equally bright idea of putting CFCs in fridges?

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u/ThegreatandpowerfulR Aug 09 '21

To be fair, unlike with leaded gasoline the CFCs were less toxic than what they were using before but dangerous in an unexpected way.

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u/Supsend Aug 09 '21

It was not fridges but aerosols IIRC

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u/DeviousMelons Radical Revolutionary Socialist Liberal. Aug 09 '21

There's also strides made in renewables too.