07-23-2009, 06:38 PM
The organic, locally-grown movement is emblematic of the aesthetic, rather than pragmatic, side of environmentalism. It sounds good, and it doesn't work. This is one of the major reasons why a price on carbon is a major goal for reducing carbon footprints: anyone who engages in well-intentioned but wasteful practices will go bust. Ideas that actually save emissions, whether they are hippie-inspired or the calculated product of industrial analysts, will thrive.
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