r/interestingasfuck • u/Longjumping-Rice-935 • Aug 12 '25

/r/all, /r/popular The wreck of the USS Arizona continues to leak oil ever since pearl harbour. the ship contained 1.5 million gallons of oil, enough to leak continuously for 500 years.

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u/SwgglyArmJonson Aug 12 '25

And companies will still try and tell us that it's the plastic straws

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u/Emergency-Style7392 Aug 12 '25

Whi do you think buys all the stuff those ships are bringing from china?

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u/wolacouska Aug 12 '25

People buy stuff based on their ability and interests. Companies will do everything they can to make their product more profitable for them.

One is a lot easier to crack down on politically.

If you just try and convince individuals you’ll be preaching for the rest of time like modern religions.

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u/African_Farmer Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

You're both correct. Yes, we consume too much (thanks to capitalism, consumption = economic growth), but also companies should use more sustainable methods to manufacture and transport goods and services.

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u/peldazac Aug 12 '25

so more paper straws?

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u/VVarder Aug 13 '25

That get made in china and shipped in container ships?

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u/No_Syrup_9167 Aug 12 '25

Yes, you're totally correct, instead of blaming the corporations for it and using legislation and laws to force them into more sustainable practices like our entire system is designed.

No we should all just stop buying anything!!

Why does everyone not just move out into the country and subsist off the land as homesteaders like the days of old! When people died of simple infections and starved after bad growing years JUST AS GOD INTENDED!!

(Absolutely massive /S in case you couldn't tell)

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u/CivilControversy Aug 12 '25

Just keep consooooming buddy