Sorry to burst your bubble, but you’ve got a blind spot as big as the planet

Grist
By Kate YoderMay 15, 2019, 7:10 am233 pts
What if we saw things for what they really are? Coal bears little resemblance to a bundle of prehistoric trees. Your plastic shampoo bottle, fashioned from fossil fuels, reveals nothing about oil spills or the giant plastic garbage patch floating in the ocean. And hate to break it to you, but chicken nuggets…

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