A few years ago, NY Times set out to show how much resources and energy could be saved by recycling.
To their horror, they discovered that recycling was actually extremely costly - sapping a lot more energy than needed for original production, and very harmful to the environment - use of chemical solvents and such. With energy costs having risen in the recent years, I suspect that those numbers would look bleaker still.
Does that mean that all recycling is bad? Of course not.
The point is that in making our major decisions / regulations, there ought to be some semblance of science, pragmatism and economic common sense employed, rather than ‘feelings’.
Recycling is another interesting idea.
A few years ago, NY Times set out to show how much resources and energy could be saved by recycling.
To their horror, they discovered that recycling was actually extremely costly - sapping a lot more energy than needed for original production, and very harmful to the environment - use of chemical solvents and such. With energy costs having risen in the recent years, I suspect that those numbers would look bleaker still.
Does that mean that all recycling is bad? Of course not.
The point is that in making our major decisions / regulations, there ought to be some semblance of science, pragmatism and economic common sense employed, rather than ‘feelings’.