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plant using electricity&nbsp;( produced how?) &nbsp;plus plastics, --000e0cdfcdb624b61204780a25e3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > There are many ways of drawing attention to wasteful lifestyle choices, and > the environmental impact of human activities can be analyzed according many > criteria. Calculating ecological footprint according to how much land is > required to generate food or energy is one such method. It doesn't, as you > point out, tell the whole story. Science is all about looking at the vast > complexity of the world and choosing one or two threads at a time to follow. > > I don't think this article is what science is about. Science most certainly isn't about choosing one or two threads to make a opinionated directional point. That's what politics are for. --000e0cdfcdb624b61204780a25e3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div class=3D"gmail_quote"> <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex= ; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote"> <div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word"> <div> <div> <div class=3D"im"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><span style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT:= 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WH= ITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING:= 0px"> <div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font></div></div></span></blockquote= > <div><br></div></div> <div>There are many ways of drawing attention to wasteful lifestyle choices= , and the environmental impact of human activities can be analyzed accordin= g many criteria. Calculating ecological footprint according to how much lan= d is required to generate food or energy is one such method. It doesn't= , as you point out, tell the whole story. Science is all about looking at t= he vast complexity of the world and choosing one or two threads at a time t= o follow.</div> <div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div> <div><br>=A0</div> <div>I don't think this article is what science is about.=A0 Science mo= st certainly isn't about choosing one or two threads to make a opiniona= ted directional point. That's what politics are for.=A0=A0</div> --000e0cdfcdb624b61204780a25e3--
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