RE:I think a lot of people don't even get it....Yes indeed. But there are other uses that people conviently seem to ignore. Plastics
&roads are huge uses of oil. Getting rid of plastic bags is good for the environment but
in no way will make much of a dent in our need for oil. The use of plastics for almost
anything you can think of is so prevalent in our civiization that there really is no
practical alternative unless you want to start using wood and paper.
I don't think people have thought this stuff through. We are trying to get rid of paper
products as it comes from trees and trees are a precious and high value resource
in maintaining our environment. Now surely we don't want to start using trees as a
substitute for plastic do we?