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$$$ = Green

Tired of being told to buy green, save the planet? You’re not the only one. Eco-marketing expert says it’s a turn off. Screw the planet. It’s time to start talking about the other kind of green. Waste not want not.

Topics: money, Greenness

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:13 pm on Wednesday, March 5, 2008

4 Responses to “$$$ = Green”

1. Tralfaz Says:
   March 5th, 2008 at 11:49 pm

   I can’t help to think how did Ms. Shelton get from Tennessee to Pittsburgh. She either was spewing hydro-carbons with reckless abandon via her motor vehicle or on a gaia killing airliner.

2. saltydog Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 2:14 am

   See, it doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that all this Green stuff is pure BS. We just need to advertise it better, and make sure than no one comes to understand that we’ve held a gun to the heads of business to make them change.

   And under no circumstances is any one to pay any attention to Mr. Gore’s investments.

3. Bart Says:
   March 7th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

   From the article:

   “In survey after survey, consumers say they want to contribute to a better environment, but too often “paper or plastic?” sounds like a trick question.

   The solution to that — the canvas tote — is gaining popularity at more grocery check-out counters.
   …

   Fluorescent light bulbs save as much as $60 over the life of the bulb, but they contain mercury. Is this a green product after all? (The ones that contain 1 microgram of mercury are safe to dispose of inside a plastic bag, said Ms. Gerace. Conservation Consultants also will recycle them.)

4. Bart Says:
   March 7th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

   Let’s try that again:

   “In survey after survey, consumers say they want to contribute to a better environment, but too often “paper or plastic?” sounds like a trick question.

   The solution to that — the canvas tote — is gaining popularity at more grocery check-out counters.

   …

   Fluorescent light bulbs save as much as $60 over the life of the bulb, but they contain mercury. Is this a green product after all? (The ones that contain 1 microgram of mercury are safe to dispose of inside a plastic bag, said Ms. Gerace. Conservation Consultants also will recycle them.)”

   Where do I get plastic bags in this Green universe? I guess I have to use a heavy-duty zip-loc or large garbage bags, since I can’t have cheap plastic grocery bags that hurt nobody, take incredibly little energy to produce and transport, can carry more groceries than paper bags which require more energy to produce and transport, as well as chemicals that foul the environment, and leach toxins into the soil as they degrade. I am so tired of know-nothing, do-gooder, idiot enviros.

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