Thursday, January 3, 2013

Useless Junk


Mrs. DeLuca has a problem... She loves office supplies!!  Can't go into a Staples or an Office Max without buying something, hands down her favorite store!!  But think about it, all the wasted energy that went into making those things, many of which will probably never be used... Just to sit in a desk.  So much wasted energy!!  The factory where these office supplies were made was running on energy.  The workers who were making the supplies used energy to get to work, the energy used in the manufacturing process, the energy used to ship these things (doubt they were made in the US) across the world, the energy used in the store where people go to buy them. The energy wasted on the drive home... and the energy wasted as this useless thing sits in a drawer...

Answer one or more of the following questions in a thoughtful post (3-5 sentences)
-What is your useless junk?  Is there something you have a collection of that is wasteful? Could you ever cut back on it?
-If we all stopped buying useless junk, what positive things would happen?  Negative?
-Why do we has humans love "stuff"?  Are we programmed that way?
-Do you honestly think the knowledge of useless junk will make you think twice about buying things in the future?
-Useless junk wastes energy, what other problems does it cause?