1.0 link 156429 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maggie-van-ostrand/from-conspicuous-consumpt_b_156429.html When Al Gore sounded an alarm about global warming, everyone became aware that mankind (an oxymoron if ever I heard one) must preserve itself and the environment. If we are to survive, we must waste nothing and, like the Corleone and Soprano families, we must enter the business of waste management. Still, it's not normal for people to practice abstinence, restraint, even self-denial, no matter how much we hear about the planet's impending demise, unless some marketing genius can make...

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