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> "Bob" yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1198013100-sch@news.lava.net...

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>> "Jerry Okamura" hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:1198006800-sch@news.lava.net...

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>>> "Bob" yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1197999300-sch@news.lava.net...

>>>>
>>>> [mod note: I approved this one cause it was the least offensive of a
>>>> bunch
>>>> of personal attack responses from various sources... Guys... comeon..
>>>> keep
>>>> it civil. Or if you can't, then take it to an unmoderated forum.
>>>> thank
>>>> you.]
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully your wife is a little more flexible and inventive than you
>>>> seem
>>>> to
>>>> be. We are talking about ways to save the environment (the planet) and
>>>> you
>>>> worry about extra bags lying around the house. Is there anything you
>>>> like?
>>>> Why not take a more positive attitude and offer solutions rather than
>>>> criticizing everything. Your hero seems to be Henny Penny.
>>>>

>>> How is reducing the use of plastic bags going to save the environment?
>>> What
>>> impact will the reduction of plastic bags on a tiny state like Hawaii,
>>> going
>>> to ave the environment?

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>> Hawaii may be a tiny state, but you have to start somewhere. And there
>> are
>> many other cities, states, and countries that are pushing for a ban.
>> Worldwide it is estimated that every year we use between 500 billion one
>> TRILLION plastic bags. Most end up in landfills (a small state like
>> Hawaii
>> doesn't have a lot of room for landfills) where they take hundreds of
>> years
>> to decompose. And of course they are made from imported mid-East oil.
>> Moreover, something that should be of interest to Hawaii: "One of the
>> most
>> dramatic impacts is on marine life. About 100,000 whales, seals, turtles
>> and
>> other marine animals are killed by plastic bags each year worldwide,
>> according to Planet Ark, an international environmental group." But I
>> guess none of this is as important to you as the potential inconvenience
>> of
>> having two or three (re-usable) cotton bags lying around your living
>> room.
>>

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> You got that right.
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