"George" > wrote in message
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>> "George" > wrote in message
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>>> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, they use too much oil. So do you. You happily buy products in
>>>> excessive packaging. Might be made from recycled plastic, might not.
>>>> You don't care, though, as long as it's convenient for you.
>>> Anyone with an aircraft carrier vehicle is wasting oil way above and
>>> beyond what they and others might be wasting on "convenience".
>>>
>>> Also not everyone "happily buys products in excessive packaging". We
>>> take reusable bags to the store so we aren't wasting plastic and often
>>> buy products at smaller merchants and farm markets etc where minimal or
>>> no packaging is used. I am quite sure we are not the only ones.
>>
>>
>> I never said "everyone". I'm focused right now on Om's hypocrisy. She
>> points to passenger tanks as wasteful, but chooses to buy products with
>> excessive packaging. And, it doesn't really matter if the stuff is
>> recycled. It still uses energy to make that happen.
> You are missing my point. Suppose family "A" and family "B" are identical
> in every way (including buying overpackaged items)except family "A" has
> his & hers personal aircraft carriers in the driveway and family "B" has
> normal cars. Which one is more wasteful?

Obviously, family A. This assumes both families own the same brand of car,
but different models.