Time to Declare War on Plastic Bags

[StatmanCrothers]

George Carlin had an interesting bit on plastic.

i'm summarizing totally from memory, but the gist of it was something along these lines:

He suggested that it was pompous of us to think we could "save the planet". The planet was here before us and will still be here long after we're gone. We are part of nature so anything we make is natural, in a way. Other species have come and gone, and so will we. In fact, the planet may have evolved us simply because it wanted plastic.

[StatmanCrothers]

We have a whole cabinet full of plastic bags, all stuffed into a giant plastic bag, that we have been "saving" for when we need plastic bags, but they have accumulated far faster than we have used them.

Today i had the idea to use them as packing for my eBay shipments, i usually use old newspapers and magazines that i crumple up but i was out of those. That way i pass on the guilt to my customers.

[Simbagal23]

George Carlin had an interesting bit on plastic.

i'm summarizing totally from memory, but the gist of it was something along these lines:

He suggested that it was pompous of us to think we could "save the planet". The planet was here before us and will still be here long after we're gone. We are part of nature so anything we make is natural, in a way. Other species have come and gone, and so will we. In fact, the planet may have evolved us simply because it wanted plastic.

I think he's really saying that I no longer need to pick up my dog's poo! Thanks, George...you're the man!

[stlouie_lipp]

I went to the store today, bought 3 items, and received 3 bags. One was for a frozen item, one was refrigerated and one was neither. I'm sick of them and will be buying BYOB(ags).