It’s Too Easy Being Green

It’s too easy being green.  That title is stolen from a February 4 Wall Street Journal column by David Owen.  His column makes so many good points so eloquently it’s hard to know where to start.  So I won’t try.  Instead, here’s a pithy quote:

“A colleague of mine produces her own eggs by raising chickens in her backyard. But she also drives individual hens to the veterinarian, giving her breakfasts an impressively huge carbon footprint.”

I urge everyone to read the entire article.

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About Tony Lima

Retired after teaching economics at California State Univ., East Bay (Hayward, CA). Ph.D., economics, Stanford. Also taught MBA finance at the California University of Management and Technology. Occasionally take on a consulting project if it's interesting. Other interests include wine and technology.