Comments on: Does Global Warming Upend Environmental Thinking? http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/2007/12/18/does-global-warming-upend-environmental-thinking/ The dynamic new way to bore you with stories about what I watched on TV last night. Or stuff about Macs, libertarianism, prog rock, cockatiels, mountains, travel, science fiction, the Web, and what a totally awesome guy I would be if I were anything like I would like to think I am. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Casey http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/2007/12/18/does-global-warming-upend-environmental-thinking/#comment-1143 Casey Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:28:43 +0000 http://www.sfsmith.com/blog/2007/12/18/does-global-warming-upend-environmental-thinking/#comment-1143 There is some evidence recycled materials use less energy during manufacturing (therefore have less emissions), despite higher emissions for transportation/collection. The studies have a lot of uncertainties around them (it depends on collection systems, what is being recycled, etc). Try this study - it is a literature review. Granted, the source is a bit biased, but Dension is generally well respected. I personally recycle because wasting the material seems ethically wrong to me, not because I'm reducing emissions (and here I am an IPCC author...) http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/1340_denison.pdf There is some evidence recycled materials use less energy during manufacturing (therefore have less emissions), despite higher emissions for transportation/collection. The studies have a lot of uncertainties around them (it depends on collection systems, what is being recycled, etc). Try this study - it is a literature review. Granted, the source is a bit biased, but Dension is generally well respected. I personally recycle because wasting the material seems ethically wrong to me, not because I’m reducing emissions (and here I am an IPCC author…)

http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/1340_denison.pdf

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