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Dan,
Well said.
Susan Kramer
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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:54
PM
Subject: [GreenYes] Re: Cartoonbank.com
message from David Biddle
I think the cartoon is an attack on source separation and the
mostly imagined problem of container proliferation. The image is
hyperbole, of course, and the humor comes from the studied exaggeration for
effect. The target is Political Correct Behavior, which neocons
love to scorn. Regarding recycling not being "the answer," no one but a
few EPR zealots ever said it was, at least not all by itself. We really
need Reduce, Reuse, AND Recycle (including composting) to get to zero
waste. All are required, and none is more important than the
other. Source separation is still the key to effective recycling,
because it produces the cleanest products.
Dan Knapp
Urban Ore, Inc., a Berkeley reuse and recycling business since
1980.
On Nov 10, 2003, at 8:44 PM, Ann Dorfman wrote:
I looked at this
cover and wondered what the meaning was, and I don't think it says anything
very positive about recycling. It is called "A Clear Conscience" by Bruce
McCall. For those who haven't seen it, it is a painting of a guy shipwrecked
on a tiny tropical island about 25' across with a single palm tree and a
dozen or so recycling and hazardous waste containers of various types.
I think the message
the artist is trying to convey is that people FEEL they are doing their
part to help global warming when they do little things like recycle, but to
change the course of global warming people are going to need to do a
lot more than that. Not only is recycling not the answer, but the artist is
saying it lulls people into a dangerous sense of complaisancy.
Ann
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