Fools Or Clever Business
Today (9/20/2013), I received by e-mail the “The Desert Dispatch” from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
As a reason for this measure the museum says “As part of continuing conservation efforts, the Desert Museum will no longer sell bottled water on grounds beginning October 1. Did you know that most empty water bottles end up in landfills, but others end up in the ocean, waterways and landscapes where pieces of plastic can make it into foodwebs and harm wildlife? Or that producing bottled water releases about 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide? The Museum will sell reusable water bottles that can be filled at any Museum water fountain.” (emphasis added).
I am afraid this institution is not the only one who try to appeal the emotions of dogooders.
By the way, I happen to refill half liter bottles whenever possible. I have previously blogged here about that landfills are a man’s treasure. In his/her naiveté the museum director cannot or does not want to understand that landfills might become tomorrow’s resources for coming generations.
Green Fad Or Useful Idiots
The museum, which I quite like and recommend to visit, is unwittingly or not regurgitating popular green propaganda. Thus, it appears to be a statement of green fadish conformity or that of a useful idiot.
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