This is not the last straw for control freak environmental leftists

NY Post Editorial:
Don’t sip the Kool-Aid: Banning plastic straws is no way to save the environment.
Seattle just became the first US city to impose the trendy ban, and New York may soon follow suit, with Mayor Bill de Blasio backing an anti-straw City Council bill.

But even a national ban wouldn’t dent worldwide plastic output. Nor does any serious research justify targeting straws: The oft-cited figure that Americans use 500 million plastic straws a day comes from a survey conducted by a 9-year-old.

Even ban proponents admit the cause is a con: “Our straw campaign is not really about straws,” Dune Ives, executive director of the outfit that pushed hardest for Seattle’s ban, told Vox. “It’s about pointing out how prevalent single-use plastics are in our lives.”

Meaning: It’s not just the straws, but the plastic bags, red Solo cups and so on. The green conceit is that plastic is bad — even if alternate materials really don’t net out as more enviro-friendly.

Notably, those supposedly more-eco-friendly straws made from plant-based materials also take forever to decompose. If they end up in the ocean, they’re just as likely to harm sea creatures as plastic ones.

And making paper straws creates more air pollution — plus you often have to use more than one, after the first gets too soggy.
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Let me first confess that I hardly ever use straws at all.  I just think this is a ridiculous leftist scam that makes them feel good about controlling what others make or use.  It is the kind of thing that makes me want to go out and buy a box of plastic straws.  Seattle appears to be in the political grasp of liberal fascists.

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