"Big Foot"

I definitely believe that we are in an "era of creative destruction" as Elkington says. Look at the article we read months ago about technological waste. As we keep creating new technologies, the amount of used computers dumped in third world countries will increase. I agree with Specter that laws need to be put in place to insure that we reduce our carbon footprint. It was interesting to learn about all of the calculations that go into calculating a carbon footprint. One way that we can do this, he says, is be conscious of where the food you're eating was grown. The further away, the greater amount of miles it has to travel, and the greater amount of energy is too. He also mentions a "100-Mile Diet" some have adopted. I'm curious, do they literally only eat food only 100 miles away? If so, this would suck for people who live in the desert. It would suck for me. In a 100 mile radius around my hometown, we have a lot of dairy farms, some soy bean crops, an apple orchard or two, corn made for cows, and a farm where lambs are bred to be slaughtered for the grocery store. Yum. Sounds like a great balanced diet.

As a consumer I feel a little responsible for global warming. We should all be concerned about it. We all eat and it's a problem that affects all of us. I don't feel as responsible as some because I eat meat very rarely. It takes much more CO2 to sustain a meat eater than it does someone who is a vegetarian or who eats meats infrequently.