I would not be surprised if half of it was because it saved them something like 0.1 cents per straw and gave them a higher ESG score, and half for the demon possessed being able to leech even more chemicals into people.
It's about optimizing their formula to provide the absolute minimum amount possible for each individual to maximize profits per capita, and one element is getting people used to the idea of accepting decisions which negatively impact them. Because the entire global economy is run upon the fundamental concept that profits trump absolutely everything else. The "climate emergency" would be easy to solve if we were willing to sacrifice profits as a society.
It was never about the environment. Forcing inferior products on people in the name of the control was always the game here.
Ima tell my story cause it never gets old.
I hate paper straws so I bought myself an official reusable cup w/plastic straw and lid from my local Tim Hortons (coffee shop).
Whenever I bring it in for an iced cappucino, they make it in a disposable plastic cup and lid, then pour it in my reusable cup and throw it out.
Literally, all I save by using the "reusable" cup is the paper straw, lol.
Still worth it to not have to use those piece of shit straws.
I would not be surprised if half of it was because it saved them something like 0.1 cents per straw and gave them a higher ESG score, and half for the demon possessed being able to leech even more chemicals into people.
It's about optimizing their formula to provide the absolute minimum amount possible for each individual to maximize profits per capita, and one element is getting people used to the idea of accepting decisions which negatively impact them. Because the entire global economy is run upon the fundamental concept that profits trump absolutely everything else. The "climate emergency" would be easy to solve if we were willing to sacrifice profits as a society.