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The New THOMA$ REPORT on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:59:51 PM
That's a question made famous when environmentalists
were successful in forcing grocery and other kinds of stores to offer a choice
between paper bags, which required cutting down more trees, and plastic bags,
which later were found to "live forever," multiplying in your
basement when left alone overnight. Now some stores have realized their error
in going along with the farce and are eliminating plastic bags, in favor of
something they can sell, "reusable" paper bags. Also recommended are canvas bags. They ignored us when we reminded them that trees were a renewable
resource, and trees cut were able to be replaced by new growth which, in
turn, helped the environment by causing natural photosynthesis to occur. But
NO! They weren't listening to our truth. They "felt the power" of
being able to dictate the use of plastic bags, which are not biodegradable
and did not "break down" and disappear as paper bags did. They wanted
to push their ideas onto the world, and did, for a time, until people began
realizing they were wrong and their plastic bags were not the answer to
their imaginary "pollution problems." Will they apologize? Not a
chance. Liberals never apologize when their mistakes are realized. They just go
on to the next dictate for the rest of us. Did you know there is more
tree cover on Earth today than before the "environmental crazies"
started conning us? They've already embarked on their plan to replace plastic
bags with canvas bags. Which is better? Paper or plastic? "To make all the
bags we use each year, it takes 14 million trees for paper and 12 million
barrels of oil for plastic. The production of paper bags creates 70 percent
more air pollution than plastic, but plastic bags create four times the solid
waste -- enough to fill the Empire State Building two and a half times. And
they can last up to a thousand years." The enviro-crazy's answer is
simplistic. Paper or plastic. Or if that doesn't work, canvas. But both have drawbacks and paper is the better
choice, even though their manufacturing process creates 70% more pollution than
plastic. We don't yet know what's going to be found wrong about canvas bags, but you can bet they'll be ready with the next dictate when we do. (MSNBC)