Don't you just love environmentalists? They are so often just simply wrong, but it always takes a few decades for people to realize it, by which time the environmentalists who made whatever point have faded into obscurity with the damage done. An example... Nuclear power. Widely protested against in the 60's, 70's, and even into the 80's to the point where they stopped building new plants. Now all of the sudden nuclear power is seen as the solution to our energy woes.

Grocery stores started using plastic bags because environmentalists were upset about all the trees cut down for paper bags. Now the city of San Francisco is banning plastic bags and requiring grocery stores offer paper or fabric bags.