jellowrestling wrote:rusty wrote:jellowrestling wrote:Examples?
I just gave you one. Packages that contain items the size of a quarter that have plastic packaging that you could put a car battery in. I guess it's for theft control, but it sure is overkill.
How about some examples of things IN the packaging that we could easily do without. There are a ton of them, after all.
You're being intentionally obtuse, of course. But there are myriad ways we can reduce our oil consumption in this country. We can harness more wind power, more solar power, and use that in conjunction with petroleum-based fuels of course. Electric cars are really just getting started and they are making improvements every year. I'm not of the mindset that we'll be able to completely rid ourselves of petroleum products, but there's going to be a time that we are forced to, and not by the government, by scarcity. Probably not in my lifetime, or even our children's lifetime, but it will happen eventually.
Remember, at one time there were people who said we'd never be able to get rid of the horse and buggy.