[olalonde]

> Stop driving?

Not a realistic solution. The vast majority of people will take the microplastics over not driving.

[epistasis]

You say "vast" but we have to outlaw non-car options and legislate that only car options are allowed for nearly all our land.

If we were to even legalize non-car options, we might discover what the market actually wants. And the necessity of those laws kind of shows that the non-car option must be legally suppressed to prevent its true market preference from being revealed.

To everyone who thinks that the "vast majority" of people prefer driving, I say: show the confidence of your convictions and make it legal to build other options.

[olalonde]

> legalize non-car options

What do you mean by that? Which non-car options are outlawed?

[epistasis]

Dense walkable neighborhoods like you'd find in most parts of Europe.

[glial]

Until the concentration is high enough it affects birth rates.

[fnordpiglet]

Birth rates isn’t what motivates people. It’s the act that creates births that people care about. To that end, until it causes impotence.

[QuarterReptile]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but birth rates are already pretty low, and, worse than failing to deal with the problem, some people think that is a good thing.

[jay_kyburz]

Falling birth rates _is_ a good thing and in my view its the only viable solution to global warming. Less people is less energy use and pollution.

[malka]

It might already do.