Reply #5: Maybe I'm too cynical these days. [View All]

[silverweb]

All I see is PR manipulation of a new Wal-Mart money-saving scheme. They're "going green" or they're trying to cut energy costs because of increasing fossil fuel prices? My money's on the latter.

Whatever their motivation, I'm glad they're doing it. However, it does not raise them in my estimation at all -- not until they clean up their horrendous labor and business practices -- and I still will not set foot in their stores.

Btw, they also announced that they'll be using corn-based plastics in their packaging, which also sounds like a very good thing -- until you learn that the plastic will be coming from GM corn and produced by Cargill Dow.
Source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/10/walmart_to_use.php

I applaud every effort any company makes toward being more environmentally responsible, but I loathe manipulative greenwashing PR.