DeSantis signs bill banning balloon releases

But what if you're Chinese? Are you allowed to release balloons then?

 

This bill will only hurt the little guy trying to compete with Big Balloon

 

He has his share of good environmental legislation too. Be honest.

 

I’ll go a step further than that. He’s the best governor on the environment the state has had since maybe Bob Graham.

He has actually moved the major Everglades restoration projects forward, done a ton to address water quality, and secured record funding for the Department of Environmental Protection and state lands programs (including dedicating the billions of dollars in revenue from the Seminole Gaming Compact to environmental and state parks programs).

It’s telling that the most significant criticism anyone can come up with on the environment are “he encouraged the use of gas stoves” and pretending that it actually did anything substantive when he signed a bill that eliminated politically charged language and replaced it with language that means the same thing by changing references in the state energy policy from seeking to minimize climate change to instead refer to “protecting public safety, protecting the state’s natural resources, including its coastlines, tributaries, and waterways” and ensuring “resilien[cy] to natural and manmade threats[.]”

 

Crap. He is eviler than lefties make him out to be. Evilerist ever.

How dare he!

 

You really have to give the man credit for not literally setting forests on fire and summarily executing Florida Panthers, he's basically in Greenpeace

 

When he’s not focused on his Hate Wars, he does some good, environment included. But, his “tax the electric stoves and give tax credits to the gas stove” moments seem to far-surpass the positives, IMO.

 

They need ban gender reveals in public parks. Can't tell you how many times I've gone to a park and seen blue or pink confetti all over the ground. F those people

 

I go to Kroger sometimes and do pickup and they bring the groceries out in nice plastic bags that are labeled that they can be used 50 times. I am collecting them and try to take them back but they sit in the trunk and the people unloading the groceries never ask to take them back and I forget to ask them.

Blue state’s bag ban meant to protect environment backfires at staggering rate: study

Distribution of plastic ocean pollution by country.

1. India (126.5 million kg).
2. China (70.7 million kg).
3. Indonesia (53.3 million kg).
4. Brazil (38 million kg).
5. Thailand (22.8 million kg).
6. Mexico (3.5 million kg).
7. Egypt 2.5 million kg).
8. United States (2.4 million kg).
9. Japan (1.84 million kg).
10. United Kingdom (0,703 million kg).

https://aquablu.com/stories/environ...ic-polluters/#elementor-toc__heading-anchor-1

Over 75% of floating ocean plastic is from fishing

Over 75% Of Plastic in Great Pacific Garbage Patch Originates From Fishing | Press Release | The Ocean Cleanup

which is not the same as overall ocean plastic pollution most of which breaks down to micro levels.

 

The straw thing was really dumb. The plastic bags is a much bigger issue because they catch wind and blow out of landfills, as well as just generally blowing all over the place.

 

I've noticed lots of places just do the sippy cup lids now and dont do straws period. I guess that cuts down on one additional piece of plastic.

 

It’s like the meme I saw somewhere that one of the biggest issues currently facing science is how to create a straw that lasts more than 45 seconds but less than a million years.

 

IMO, anyone over say 8 years old that uses a straw looks like a moron.

 

Forget about these macro plastics, the new threat is micro plastics, you cant even see those and they might be worse

 

My go to has always been, imagine making eyes at a girl in the bar and then she sees you pucker your lips up and take a nice long sip out of a straw.... Turnoff

 

I try to avoid plastic as much as possible. this lives in my car (sans lid...I hate lids)& I take it everywhere....used it today at las 4 Americas. I have a odells IPA sticker on it cuz all my neighbors bring 'em to gatherings as well. Keeps hot stuff hot & cold stuff cold....how does it know??

 

Don’t see the harm in releasing a balloon now and again. If deemed harmful, we’ll have an F-22 shoot it down.

 

My wife is a germa-phobe who can’t drink at a restaurant without a straw. Everyone has their issues …

 

Wait doesnt the lid make it functional? Isnt it just an expensive cup if its not sealed lol?