Plastic People are everywhere, not just hiding in Frank Zappa’s opening song on the 1967 Mothers of Invention album Absolutely Free.

My mission is not to write social or political satire.

But I’m here to warn you we probably ingest a credit card’s worth of plastic each week. Particles are everywhere — in the air, the rivers, soil and oceans. Scientists have even detected plastic in our feces!

The fossil fuel industry is ramping up plastic production to boost their profits as demand for fossil fuels declines. Big companies like Exxon Mobil, Shell, and Saudi Aramco — shame on you!