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Couldn't imagine buying a damned plastic bag every single time I went shopping for groceries. I've been using the same fabric bags for 15 years. It is such stupidity, being to lazy to pack a bag, that humanity wastes resources on.

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>It is such stupidity, being to lazy to pack a bag, that humanity wastes resources on.

It's spending resources for convenience. It's not fundamentally different than buying coffee at starbucks (therefore necessitating a plastic lined paper cup).

Both can be true. Either way, both are the reasons why we are where we are with regard to the climate.

you can bring a reusable cup to Starbucks and they will fill it for you, this is not anything new

What percentage of people do you think actually do this?

wow where'd those goalposts just go? I was over here, at "buying at Starbucks *necessitates* (OP's term) using a plastic lined, paper cup". Which is false.

The OP (who was not me) should not have said "necessitates". However, I don't think the distinction is significant given how few Starbucks customers use reusable cups.

until California (it's always California) bans paper cups.

It’s convenience. People are paying a $1.50 surcharge to avoid the advance planning. That’s a no-brainer.

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