Comments on: The bad news about green biz http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/02/03/the-bad-news-about-green-biz/ This blog is about the impact of business on society. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Hunt http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/02/03/the-bad-news-about-green-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-37004 Mary Hunt Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:20:12 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=322#comment-37004 Marc, There is one company who is doing a stellar job of putting out a Sustainable product from a Sustainable company, it's Forbo with their Marmoleum flooring. They even went so far as to put their 18 years of effort into 18 pages for everyone to see what they did and how. If you want a copy, go to www.sustainableproductsblog.com Marc, There is one company who is doing a stellar job of putting out a Sustainable product from a Sustainable company, it’s Forbo with their Marmoleum flooring. They even went so far as to put their 18 years of effort into 18 pages for everyone to see what they did and how. If you want a copy, go to http://www.sustainableproductsblog.com

]]> By: Andre Angelantoni http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/02/03/the-bad-news-about-green-biz/comment-page-1/#comment-36934 Andre Angelantoni Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:15:59 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=322#comment-36934 Let's not be too quick to tout the 75% decline of the U.S. energy intensity -- I'm quite sure that if we were to dig into the numbers we'd find that the exodus of manufacturing over the last two decades played the overwhelming role in that figure. If we were to use a different measure, say "embodied energy of all goods and services divided by GDP," which would account for the energy expended by other countries as they make our products before we import them, I think the number would be much, much different. On the other hand, it's great to hear about the veggie sausage and free-range egg! Let’s not be too quick to tout the 75% decline of the U.S. energy intensity — I’m quite sure that if we were to dig into the numbers we’d find that the exodus of manufacturing over the last two decades played the overwhelming role in that figure.

If we were to use a different measure, say “embodied energy of all goods and services divided by GDP,” which would account for the energy expended by other countries as they make our products before we import them, I think the number would be much, much different.

On the other hand, it’s great to hear about the veggie sausage and free-range egg!

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