Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Pinhead Joey
A fritzed-out zapped-brain ecofreak named Pinhead Joey Fitzgibbons, who claims to be a "State Representative", has proposed a ban on plastic bags in Wash.
Pinhead Joey thinks this will honor his Planet Goddess. Or maybe he thinks it will make him an officer in Attila's fleet of intergalactic elephants. Or something.
Here's what it will actually do:
(1) It will cause more plastic to be turned into bags. I always reuse the plastic bags from the grocery store as wastebasket liners so the kitchen wastebasket doesn't get filthy. If the grocery store no longer gives bags, I'll have to buy Specific Trash Bags, which are LARGER AND HEAVIER than the grocery bag, and come in a box with a set of tie-wires. I will then be using MORE plastic, MORE cardboard, and MORE metal for this prosaic purpose.
(I don't know how many other people do it this way, but it seems to be a fairly common trick.)
(2) It will cause more illness as people are forced to use cloth EcoBags for their shopping. We already know that cloth EcoBags gather bacteria and mold, and must be washed at intervals, thus using MORE energy and water.
Jesus. What a monster. Go away, Pinhead Joey. Play with your space elephants on your own, and don't bother us. ¶ 4:43 PM
Pinhead Joey thinks this will honor his Planet Goddess. Or maybe he thinks it will make him an officer in Attila's fleet of intergalactic elephants. Or something.
Here's what it will actually do:
(1) It will cause more plastic to be turned into bags. I always reuse the plastic bags from the grocery store as wastebasket liners so the kitchen wastebasket doesn't get filthy. If the grocery store no longer gives bags, I'll have to buy Specific Trash Bags, which are LARGER AND HEAVIER than the grocery bag, and come in a box with a set of tie-wires. I will then be using MORE plastic, MORE cardboard, and MORE metal for this prosaic purpose.
(I don't know how many other people do it this way, but it seems to be a fairly common trick.)
(2) It will cause more illness as people are forced to use cloth EcoBags for their shopping. We already know that cloth EcoBags gather bacteria and mold, and must be washed at intervals, thus using MORE energy and water.
Jesus. What a monster. Go away, Pinhead Joey. Play with your space elephants on your own, and don't bother us. ¶ 4:43 PM
