Invariably there are mistakes made in starting any business, ... The benefit of the franchise is that there's a franchisor who's there that doesn't want to see you make mistakes and see you lose money and will be there to help you.
Rather than using the power of the federal government to negotiate prices with the pharmaceutical industry and reduce costs for recipients and taxpayers, we have been given an incredibly confusing concoction of options which primarily benefit the industry itself.
First of all, it's the gas mileage. The environmental (impact) is a side benefit.
Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. We study and save it to our great benefit. We ignore and degrade it to our great peril.