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So what? If we want to make it illegal to render our population infertile through microplastics, then the argument that allowing microplastics is less expensive doesn't seem like it should win the day.

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So then i guess the answer is gov subsidies, not a bad idea but also not something that always works

The solution is a carbon tax that properly prices the negative externalities of all products on the market.

But how do we decide on the negative externalities?

We aspire to account for them all and add more as we uncover them.

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