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35 years ago, the enormously popular animated series Captain Planet taught kids about protecting the ozone layer, using biodegradable materials and renewable energy.

Absolutely none of that mattered in the long run because capital markets think environmental destruction is a small price to pay as long as some people get rich.

What kids learn about personal cooling tech and what not won't matter when the supply of the raw materials required to make them is reserved for some VC-funded trillion-dollar 'startup' trying to synthesize an undetectable chemical weapon to get past the bureaucratic red tape of international treaties.



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