Also annoying
is people who pick up the "bag for life" style bags and use them. Weekly. For months.

Because "they're much greener".

No, they're not. They're recycled, so less oil is required than the tiny amount used to actually make the bag- but you've still got to melt, process and generally screw about with the plastic before printing it out into sheets, printing the transfer on the front and heat-sealing the sides and handles. Then bagging it all up and transporting it (higher mass & volume, so higher transport costs per number of bags).

Simply using these over regular "take sheet, blow air in, cool down, pack, done" or however they make regular bags nowadays bags will not lower your carbon footprint, nor will it save trees or any significant amount of oil- in fact given the increased energy costs it probably takes more oil per bag...

And people who think it saves trees are a waste of Oxygen.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 8 Sep 2008, 16:56, Reply)