Jul 20, 2009

Compre local

Más sobre uno de los tantos intentos de revivir el mercantilismo en el siglo XXI, tan de moda por esta zona, esta vez dándole un toque ambientalista:

And yet many of the same people who are so vocal about a minimum carbon footprint consider this massive net energy savings to be immoral because it includes overseas transport. Why? Is it a geopolitical preference? Is it a matter of supporting farms from your own country instead of sending money overseas? OK, fine, that's an absolutely valid point of view. But if your true motivations are political, don't greenwash them and claim that you're really interested in environmental science.

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