• multifariace@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Weird. The only argument I heard, and successfully made it to policy in my area is that it costs tax money and takes away choice. All thus smart stuff is for those damn yankees.

    • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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      6 hours ago

      His joke is that fluoride can be used to make extremely dangerous substances

      From the wiki on the one he mentioned:

      This oxidizing power, surpassing that of oxygen, causes ClF3 to react vigorously with many other materials often thought of as incombustible and refractory. It ignites sand, asbestos, glass, and even ashes of substances that have already burned in oxygen.