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‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ever see one of the arguments on Facebook about removing lead in aviation fuel?

Half of the comments unintentionally demonstrate why removing lead is a good idea. It's really amusing, or would be if it wasn't so sad. "The lead is distributed over a wide area! It's not a problem!"

[–] pipes@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

And aviation fuel is not even taxed usually :/ we are so dumb. Meanwhile so many dismantled train and tram tracks all over

[–] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one -3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

“the ocean is so big, it can easily accommodate the itty bitty nuclear waste from these minuscule Fukushima meltdowns!” /s