According to Karl Marx (in Das Kapital ) the deregulation of industry for sake of profit is inevitable.

It's cheaper to capture government than it is to follow regulations (which, in turn, are meant to serve the public, sometimes protect the public from industry)

Some nations are trying to make the capture process slow or difficult, but none have stopped it, and it only accelerates.

Plastic is made from petroleum. Petroleum is natural and good for you. I use a 1/4 tsp of petroleum in my water for flavor and I turned out fine.

ol' Dick Thicc we called 'im

Evaporation ≠ distillation. Nature doesn't have filters everywhere. That's not to say that nature doesn't have filters, but they are seemingly sparse in the air.

It's actually not. It still carries all kinds of stuff

It could just be the wind that was hanging out in the same spot as the rain. Wind can carry stuff reeeeeaaaaaally far.

It doesn't reproduce though.