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9. You would think so, but would that stop the polluters?

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:07 PM

Oct 2012

I don't think so, sadly. And in fact, less people might actually make them more brazen about trashing the planet, I fear.

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Why “Green” Consumer Choices Can’t Win Climate Justice [View all] marmar Sep 2012 OP

K&R cprise Sep 2012 #1

Sadly, I have to agree. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #2

Green Consumerism: The Ruse of Recycling Viking12 Oct 2012 #3

Problems created by a consumer society XemaSab Oct 2012 #4

Perhaps so. But neither will population reduction, as some may wish. nt AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #5

I beg to disagree Nihil Oct 2012 #8

You would think so, but would that stop the polluters? AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #9

Why what individuals do matters. bloom Oct 2012 #7