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FreakinDJ

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11. Cheap stuff made in China - there I said it

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:06 PM

Jan 2012

Yes - I do think of the Environment

But I believe a point many "Environmentalist" omit from the conversation is how much shoddy manufacturing / construction contributes to the overall amount of pollution emitted.

Used to be several decades ago you could buy a Hoover vacuum that would last you 10 -15 years. We even had vacuum repair shops that would service your machines. Now with the advent of "Cheap Chinese Labor" and "Disposable Products" those same common household items have a use-life of around 2 years.

We are emitting 5 times the pollution

Yes - we have cleaned up our own backyard - but "World-over" we have increased pollution 5 fold

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19 Facts About The Deindustrialization Of America That Will Make You Weep [View all] FreakinDJ Jan 2012 OP

K&R for the painful truth. Brickbat Jan 2012 #1

Wastepaper is our biggest export by weight, not by value. eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 #2

"All great economic empires eventually become fat and lazy"... I wouldn't say that. Ed Suspicious Jan 2012 #3

Complacency allowed that to happen FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #4

I have been saying this for 30 years. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #5

Manufacturing takes a heavy toll on the environment. Pacafishmate Jan 2012 #6

So "We pollute over there so we don't have to pollute here" ??? FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #7

I'm not saying that it's responsible. Pacafishmate Jan 2012 #8

It's not about evil greedy people, it's about using laws and regulation to direct our Ed Suspicious Jan 2012 #10

Cheap stuff made in China - there I said it FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #11

. my2sense Jan 2012 #9

i`ve been weeping since 1977.... madrchsod Jan 2012 #12

this has been developing for decades.... unkachuck Jan 2012 #13