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Green-News: Tuesday 9.9.08
- The sun is REALLY bright. That’s why one expert believes that solar energy can meet ALL of the world’s energy demands; the AFP reports.
- The U.S. presidential race is LOADED with green issues and A LOT of people are worried about Sara Palin’s environmental track record and vision—via Jolly Green Girl’s Blog.
- Plastic bottles sock the environmental. So it’s good news that the demand for bottled water might be declining; more from ENN.
- Mother Jones claims that the Bush administration helps the tuna industry suppress news about tuna’s high mercury content. Scary!
- Experts at the United Nations claim eating LESS red meat could significantly reduce C02 emissions—TreeHugger is on it.
- The U.S. Green Building Council is looking to promote legislation that steps up effort to build green schools; ENN explains.
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Everyone harps on how wasteful bottled water is. Well, I don’t see any reason why soda and energy drinks are such a better use of plastic bottles than water.
If I had to deliver emergency supplies, I would deliver bottled water; I wouldn’t care how far it was shipped from. If you ever go on vacation to a place where the tap water is questionable, you understand how important a sealed bottle of water can be.
I understand the environmental argument against bottled water but let’s see a comparison to unnecessary consumption of soft drinks. The demand and production of soft drinks are the wasteful problem; you can’t make an rational argument that people need these products like you can for a bottle of water.
It’s kind of a problem with environmentalism in general. These single issues are treated with such importance — “Bottled water is bad!” But when you look at the bigger picture, it’s not so clear-cut. “Why do we not address our questionable use of plastic bottles overall?”
It’s like when Gore had his presentation on climate change, but never mentioned industrial animal agriculture.