Global Warming Hypocrites - Get Out Your Eco-Friendly Barf Bags
May 25, 2007 · By Greg Farries
Paul Joseph Watson, from Prison Planet, outlines his frustration with the moronic sheep that blindly drink from the climate change koolaid handed to them by celebrities and eco-activists.
The exact level of idiocy these morons embrace was underscored perfectly yesterday when throngs of them queued up outside a London supermarket from 3am to buy “eco-friendly” bags that have become the latest must-have fashion item and another ego trinket for them to grandstand and revel in the pomp that they are saving Mother Earth.
In reality, the bags were made by slaves in China and transported thousands of miles by CO2 belching jet planes. But let’s not concern ourselves about that - as long as we can feel good about ourselves while wagging our finger in judgment at anyone who uses those dirty old plastic bags that’s all that [Via Tim Blair]
This story reminds me of a article in the October 2007 issue of Wired Magazine. The article featured some interesting statistics about water and energy use relating to common household products. One example given was,
“Which coffee cup sips the fewest resources? Before you get all high and mighty about your brand-new coffee mug, consider: You could use 294 paper cups or 1,800 polystyrene cups before their energy and pollution debt exceeded that of your mug. Verdict: If you already have a ceramic mug, use it.”
Have you really thought this one all the way through?
““Which coffee cup sips the fewest resources? Before you get all high and mighty about your brand-new coffee mug, consider: You could use 294 paper cups or 1,800 polystyrene cups before their energy and pollution debt exceeded that of your mug. Verdict: If you already have a ceramic mug, use it.â€
Any idea of the number of cups of coffee the average person (for whatever region you happen to inhabit) drinks and how this might affect your conclusion?
294 paper cups or 1,800 polystyrene cups
Okay, here’s the math:
@ 2 cups / day
Paper: 21 Weeks to recover the “environmental” cost of that mug. (Less than half a year!)
Polystyrene: 2.47 years to recover the environmental “cost” of that mug.
Considering that I’m using the same ceramic mug on my desk for over ten years, it seems to me that the “economics” that you’re complaining about are pretty trivial.
“Big” numbers look intimidating, but when you do the math, it changes the picture considerably.
Turning it around - that 10 year mug:
Saves the energy from 6986 paper cups
or
Saves the energy from 7215.5 polystyrene cups…
…and that’s one person using one mug…
“Re-use” comes before “Recycle” because there is always a break-even point beyond which the incremental costs of recycling will exceed the original cost of a re-usable item. Even if that point is over 2 years later, it is still justifiable to use the mug.
Of course, this all presumes that coffee consumption is not Reduced, which is the best option of the three.
;>
For shopping I use large canvas bags which, as far as I know, weren’t made in China by slaves.
For coffee I have a thermos I take to work every day and sip from pretty much all day long.
No idea if it’s “fair trade” or not though…
“Considering that I’m using the same ceramic mug on my desk for over ten years, it seems to me that the “economics†that you’re complaining about are pretty trivial.”
That’s disgusting.
Anyway, how many people do you think are like you in this regard? If you said “no one,” you’re probably right on.
Sez Aaron:
That’s disgusting.
Why? Have you forgotten about soap and water - or is that beneath your exalted station in life?
Anyway, how many people do you think are like you in this regard? If you said “no one,†you’re probably right on.
Well, there you’d be quite mistaken - most of my office has a ‘favourite mug’ that they have used for years.
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