tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212977055160670670.post101934836795697282..comments2023-10-31T11:13:36.182-04:00Comments on imagine1community: Boycott Oil!Heide Esteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022964463219865228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212977055160670670.post-74804886361349518682010-06-09T23:53:28.113-04:002010-06-09T23:53:28.113-04:00Thanks for this. I've got to take a hard look ...Thanks for this. I've got to take a hard look at how I live and what I can do to live more gently on the land. Although I've always done the basics, I'm one of those people who needed those devastating gulf bird images to really wake me up. "Do it for the pelicans," I tell myself when I walk or bike instead of drive.The Subtle Rudderhttp://www.thesubtlerudder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212977055160670670.post-36840230432813570372010-06-09T15:05:42.328-04:002010-06-09T15:05:42.328-04:00"but when they wear out, buy stainless steel ..."but when they wear out, buy stainless steel containers instead."<br /><br />But what about all the oil that goes into the mining of iron ore (or recycling collection), transportation of said ore (or recycled products) to the refinery, transportation of the refined steel to the manufacturer, production of steel products and more transportation of the stainless steel products to the store? Surely that's not fundamentally different than the petroleum products that go into the plastic itself.<br /><br />It's easier to boycott Kraft than it is to boycott "oil."Patrick Sarsfieldhttp://themadpiper.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212977055160670670.post-36289974825909554002010-06-09T10:15:59.766-04:002010-06-09T10:15:59.766-04:00Good points.
My word verification is opedism (op-...Good points.<br /><br />My word verification is opedism (op-ed-ism).Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.com