Using toilets to describe the eco-conundrums of our day

Tuesday, April 8. 2008

Using toilets to describe the eco-conundrums of our day

This excellent example of the economics of eco-toilets explains exactly why the eco-movement is struggling. It may be whimsical, but it make the point.

In short, people react rationally to market information, and when the market economy says something different to the exhortations of the Eco-economy, we vote with our wallets.

(karma to Nick Carr for pointer)

Posted by Alan Patrick at 15:04 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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