Banned in California

#1

Post by pie_flavor » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC

Banned in California
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Re: Banned in California

#2

Post by 201984 » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC

But don't you get it? We're moving up the value chain to things only WE can do.

Re: Banned in California

#3

Post by wewtyflakes » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

So no new car paint shops or oil refineries? I'm okay with that.

Re: Banned in California

#4

Post by bigyabai » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

> California has outsourced its industrial base while still consuming the products.

America did that. If it was just California then they could import iPhone parts from Alabama, but they don't do that do they?

Re: Banned in California

#5

Post by taeric » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC

I confess I don't know what to make of this. Without seeing the reasons why these are banned, what is the point? Would be like lamenting how you can't use asbestos. Sure, but is that necessarily a bad thing?

Re: Banned in California

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Post by beachtaxidriver » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC

As a resident who likes to breathe clean air and drink clean water, none of that seems all that bad.

I guess there should be an ability to do this farther from the population centers though.

Re: Banned in California

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Post by akoboldfrying » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC

wewtyflakes wrote: post #3

So no new car paint shops or oil refineries? I'm okay with that.

Are you okay with not using products that have an oil refinery in their supply chain?

Re: Banned in California

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Post by hnav » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC

taeric wrote: post #5

I confess I don't know what to make of this. Without seeing the reasons why these are banned, what is the point? Would be like lamenting how you can't use asbestos. Sure, but is that necessarily a bad thing?

apparently you can use asbestos and they have been and will continue until 2030-ish. It's now in the wild in all kinds of unexpected places.

Re: Banned in California

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Post by decremental » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC

bigyabai wrote: post #4

> California has outsourced its industrial base while still consuming the products. America did that. If it was just California then they could import iPhone parts from Alabama, but they don't do that do they?

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Re: Banned in California

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Post by ryanobjc » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC

wewtyflakes wrote: post #3

So no new car paint shops or oil refineries? I'm okay with that.

Paint VOCs sounds fine, until it's done at industrial scale, and it's also your neighbor, and also all the children in the neighborhood have asthma, and also healthcare is a lot more expensive...

This list isn't things you "cant do in california" but "polluting things you can't do in highly populated cities".

I'm not sure what the conclusion here is other than health is not important.