Slimy Green Claims

When you shop do you often notice products labeled as "green", "organic," "fair trade" or "eco"? I can't escape them when I am shopping for cleaning supplies. I think in this country there will soon be more alleged environmentally safe products than the regular ones we have used all the years before the trendy green age started. Of course most of the green products are little different from the regular ones. But the consumer has been brain washed by advertisers who see a nice way to make big money, telling consumers that they must buy (and pay more for) them or feel guilty if they don't. After all, who wants to be the guy who supposedly polluted the planet.

The U.S. government now requires that all products bearing its 'Energy Star' (allegedly, you help to "save the planet" if you buy energy star. Haha) logo undergo third party testing to prove they're more efficient than are regular items. Previously, it required testing of only some products, and that led to every phony advertisement/product who wished to claim "green" to do so. But now the FTC is cracking down on vague, unsubstantiated claims.

I wonder if it is too late for that, given that most consumers don't trust many of the environmentally efficient claims made by manufacturers today. In my case, I ignore any product that claims to be eco superior and just buy whichever normal one I think works best. I, uh, don't have any trust in the environmentalist movement, as I have seen the lies and distortions used by it over the many years as it has become prominent.

Most of the green labeled products involve construction, personal health care products, foods, and any good that is made with "natural" ingredients (whatever that is?). The environmental lunatics who control the movement today stole the environmental movement early on, altering it with fabrications of the truth and wild claims, and have now so confused the public the environmental movement is gravely ill. In too many cases, when the subject is discussed, environmentalism is mentioned with laughs and derision.

Well, the sale of products that are not any more environmentally safe or efficient than what consumers have always used only adds to the loss of faith in environmentalism. If the FTC makes manufacturers prove their environmental claims it would surely restore some faith in the idea that choosing an environmentally better product, even if it is a little more expensive, isn't a bad idea. Right now too many consumers believe that the green movement is a scam, and that it only proves that a fool and his money are soon parted.