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  • And in the same turn, consumers can’t buy a product that doesn’t exist. Until more environmentally friendly products are on the market made by the producers, consumers don’t have a real choice, abstention is not a viable choice.

    I still need food, I require the ability to move those groceries from the shop to my car to my house, but if no one produces an environmentally friendly way to do so then I’m at the mercy of the plastic bags, bottles, containers, and wrapping I’ve been provided.

    Just like we couldn’t use unleaded gasoline until they started making unleaded gasoline.

    Just like we can’t start using renuable energy until they start making renuable energy.

    Just like we can’t recycle our waste because we don’t have the infrastructure to recycle our waste.

    Just like we can’t take mass transport that hasn’t been built, or use green energy infrastructure that doesn’t exist, or buy products without plastic that don’t exist.