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OldBaldy1701E

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6. "It was too expensive and too polluting..."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:16 AM

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Yeah... they are infinitely worried about the first one, but adding the second one is all theater.

They don't give one crap about pollution, unless it affects their properties.

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