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better than it coming from china.
In the grand scheme, you're right that Canada isn't that far away. Still, if those bins were made in Massachusetts we could have prevented a significant amount of petroleum being burned to transport all these bins to Boston.
Plus, we don't know where in Canada these bins were made. It is a big country after all and the distance from coast to coast would alter how much energy was used up during transport significantly.
Sometimes the extra costs of environmental action are only justified by the feel-good effect, even if they are a net burden on the environment.
But, you are in Boston. You know no reasable policy is ever created there. (I spent a year in the People's Republic of Cambridge, the least liberal place I've ever lived, and I mean liberal in the literal sense.)
In the end, we can't say for sure which location would have best served as a manufacturing place for this bins. Making them here in Massachusetts would also release pollutants into the air, thus being worse for the environment in the state.
I'll have to send off a letter to the City of Boston agency responsible for the bins and try and get a concrete reasoning behind this whole situation.
It's strange how a place like Cambridge is labeled liberal but is almost militaristically liberal (be our kind of liberal or else sort of mentality). My neighborhood of Dorchester seems much more liberal in the literal sense than Cambridge, we have tons and tons of diversity and respect all kinds of viewpoints whereas it seems Cambridge shuns all but a certain brand of liberalism. Of course I'm biased, having lived in Dorchester the majority of my life, it's my favorite part of Boston.
Canada ROCKS and is CLEAN.
i think adam actually DOES have a life, and thats why he cares to write about important matters such as recycling. nowhere did he say anything negative about canada except that its far away from boston. and thus, i think YOU need to get a life.
adam - do you mind if i use this idea for a minor research paper i'm doing on the boston recycling program? let me know, thanks :)
For sure you can use the idea for your paper. I'd be curious as to how it turns out, perhaps you could send me a copy?
Good luck!
:-)
Hehe...be careful with babelfish, it's not that accurate!
I totally agree with our necessity for more self sufficiency in Massachusetts and America as a whole.
Most people don't know that Canada is the United States largest trading partner. They have considerable manufacturing capacity in many different industries, from forest products, to plastics and machinery. We import more oil from Canada than Saudi Arabia.
thanks, Rosanne
"I’ll have to send off a letter to the City of Boston agency responsible for the bins and try and get a concrete reasoning behind this whole situation. It’s strange how a place like Cambridge is labeled liberal but is almost militaristically liberal (be our kind of liberal or else sort of mentality). My neighborhood of Dorchester seems much more liberal in the literal sense than Cambridge, we have tons and tons of diversity and respect all kinds of viewpoints whereas it seems Cambridge shuns all but a certain brand of liberalism. Of course I’m biased, having lived in Dorchester the majority of my life, it’s my favorite part of Boston."