Does anyone feel like this whole "going green" thing is a big scam. Let me explain, Walmart (a non-green company) jumped on the eco-friendly bandwagon with "recycled shirts" & other "green products". I think it's a marketing scheme. Anyone else see this?
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As usual if you can't beat them join them mentality of the big corporations. Like in the late 1960's when the so called establishment started wearing Nauru collars and beads and held up 2 fingers and said "peace man." It's all about money and they will say and do anything to make it. So right now it's going green. Until I see all their stores with solar panels on the roofs I will will say BS as usual. Until I see them selling green things at a reduced profit I say BS.
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Every major political shift is going to involve major bandwagon initiatives from companies with money. I quite like the term "greenwashing" for what's been going on. Yes, people are stupid if they think buying a Prius is good for the environment. It's 3,000 lbs of steel that didn't need to be mined! Buying a used, small car, would save lots of money, save the steel, and get roughly equal gas mileage. People are stupid if they think any form of unnecessary consumption is "green." A "green" t-shirt or purse or cloth shopping bag or anything else, is not good for the environment. The greenest purchase is the one not made. Recycling is largely useless and only wastes city money, yet people do it religiously. That being said, people are really gullible. Slowly, this backwards process will achieve results in a shift of public consciousness towards the actual necessities of an eco-friendly society. It is unfortunate that it has to be done so wastefully, but c'est la vie.
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Well, of course it is. Any time something is sold to you, no matter what it is or for what reason, it is a marketing scheme. The same thing goes for "breast cancer products." The products that have pink ribbons on them. A lot of people buy them thinking that they are supporting breast cancer research or something, but in reality they are just giving money to companies who successfully fooled them into thinking they supported breast cancer research or some crazy shit. Recycled products are just as bad, because even though they may really be recycled, they still have to be made in a factory and shipped around in trucks, which cancels out the fact that they are recycled. Might as well buy something that is cheaper and higher quality.
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Well I think it's a marketing scheme. But, if its true that they do make recycled shirts and other green products that could be helpful to the environment, then I wouldn't care less if it is just a scheme and all that.
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