Re: Re: Re: Re: how many?

[Doug Henwood]

Eugene Coyle wrote:

>Doug, you ignore the demonstration effect.  What a Chez Panisse patron
>does becomes the goal of the rest of us.  The environment
>can only be saved by  stopping the rich from consuming more.  And more.
>And more. And more.  And more.

This is blame-shifting. It's like blaming "corporations" for 
pollution. If you live in a U.S. suburb and drive a car, your 
envinromental footprint is probably at the 90th or 95th percentile of 
the world population. It wouldn't surprise me if someone who lived in 
Berkeley and walked to Chez Panisse did less environmental damage 
than someone living in a distant suburb who drives to a McDonald's at 
the nearest mall.

And while Brad may be pretty well off, a Berkeley professor isn't a 
very accurate embodiment of the U.S. "rich."

Doug