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Re:Cheap oil is taking shipping routes back to the 1800s by aninhumer on Saturday March 05, 2016 @03:47AM (#11228919)
It's completely unreasonable to expect consumers to research the entire supply chains of everything they purchase in order to factor in all their social costs.
Re:Cheap oil is taking shipping routes back to the 1800s by piceas on Saturday March 05, 2016 @08:23AM (#11229432)
It would be awesome if someone did it on their behalf though. I would love a metric that let me evaluate the energy, water, pesticide, units of child labour needed to get a product to the store/my door just as I can compare the fat and sugar content of my lunch or the efficiency of a new car if I were to tape all the sharp edges and drive carefully.
Re:Cheap oil is taking shipping routes back to the 1800s by vacri on Saturday March 05, 2016 @04:19AM (#11228958)
It's pretty bloody obvious where iPhones physically come from. And it's hardly a secret that western democracies have had their manufacturing bases implode because consumers prefer cheaper to local; few consumer-targeted things are built in the west these days.