Comments on: Walmart going green and keeping customers informed? http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help blog, debt help and other financial resources Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick Brady http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-37177 Patrick Brady Sun, 09 May 2010 17:04:55 +0000 http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/#comment-37177 Walmart buys everything it can in China. Walmart top executives live by the mantra...."if it isn't made in China you are paying too much for it". China is one of the largest poluters on the planet. How does that help the environment? American Industry is poluting less because all the manufacturing (and jobs) are going to Asia where there are no environmental controls and poor oversight. Toxic toothpaste, toxic dry wall, toxic superglue (with formaldahyde) the list goes on. Cheap dangerous crap sold at low prices - Always! Walmart buys everything it can in China. Walmart top executives live by the mantra….”if it isn’t made in China you are paying too much for it”. China is one of the largest poluters on the planet. How does that help the environment? American Industry is poluting less because all the manufacturing (and jobs) are going to Asia where there are no environmental controls and poor oversight. Toxic toothpaste, toxic dry wall, toxic superglue (with formaldahyde) the list goes on. Cheap dangerous crap sold at low prices – Always!

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]]> By: gholmes http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-14246 gholmes Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:25:57 +0000 http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/#comment-14246 Whoa lot to digest this morning. Whoa lot to digest this morning.

]]> By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-14229 Kevin@OutOfYourRut Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:19:28 +0000 http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/#comment-14229 I think the only reason they're doing it is to capitalize on the hot new trend of "green". Everybody's going green, that's the new fashion DO. What does that even mean, and when you're the worlds largest retailer, building new stores in every community in the civilized world, how green is it to be plowing over all of that real estate? Or using all of that energy to heat and cool your growing chain of stores? This isn't a rap against WalMart, but I've learned over time that when a person or a company decide it's time to shout about what they're doing, the warning lights should be flashing. Back in the 70s it was alternative energy. All of the oil companies were searching the globe for tiny projects that would generate energy to replace oil, but it was always "barely enough to keep the lights on in Canton, Ohio for 20 minutes". 30 years later, we're even deeper in the energy hole than we were. My friends and I have been going around on the topic of a Christian living, working and finding purpose in a world filled with sin and Godless behavior. I'm not saying this is for everyone, but our conclusion is that we're like fish living in a polluted pond, from which there is no escape. There is no where in the pond to hide, and no matter what we do we can't avoid breathing the toxic water into our bodies. The best thing then (again not for everybody) is to live in the world as it is, accept the fact that we're in this place for a reason, and focus more on demonstrating and witnessing our faith than on fighting against the evil in the world. God didn't put us here to vanquish evil, but to spread the Gospel into that evil. Also, from a worldly perspective, with everything in the world being integrated through systems and it all being so complex and convoluted, how do you find the "pure" companies out there to do business with? It's easy to say I'm not going to buy a Playboy magazine, but what do you do with the conglomerate that makes life saving drugs and conducts embrionic stem cell research? Few companies are pure plays. I think the only reason they’re doing it is to capitalize on the hot new trend of “green”. Everybody’s going green, that’s the new fashion DO. What does that even mean, and when you’re the worlds largest retailer, building new stores in every community in the civilized world, how green is it to be plowing over all of that real estate? Or using all of that energy to heat and cool your growing chain of stores?

This isn’t a rap against WalMart, but I’ve learned over time that when a person or a company decide it’s time to shout about what they’re doing, the warning lights should be flashing. Back in the 70s it was alternative energy. All of the oil companies were searching the globe for tiny projects that would generate energy to replace oil, but it was always “barely enough to keep the lights on in Canton, Ohio for 20 minutes”. 30 years later, we’re even deeper in the energy hole than we were.

My friends and I have been going around on the topic of a Christian living, working and finding purpose in a world filled with sin and Godless behavior. I’m not saying this is for everyone, but our conclusion is that we’re like fish living in a polluted pond, from which there is no escape. There is no where in the pond to hide, and no matter what we do we can’t avoid breathing the toxic water into our bodies.

The best thing then (again not for everybody) is to live in the world as it is, accept the fact that we’re in this place for a reason, and focus more on demonstrating and witnessing our faith than on fighting against the evil in the world. God didn’t put us here to vanquish evil, but to spread the Gospel into that evil.

Also, from a worldly perspective, with everything in the world being integrated through systems and it all being so complex and convoluted, how do you find the “pure” companies out there to do business with? It’s easy to say I’m not going to buy a Playboy magazine, but what do you do with the conglomerate that makes life saving drugs and conducts embrionic stem cell research? Few companies are pure plays.

]]> By: Bradley Jones http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/comment-page-1/#comment-14225 Bradley Jones Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:22:43 +0000 http://christianpf.com/walmart-going-green/#comment-14225 I'm glad companies like Walmart are making a move to become more green, but in all honesty the only reason large corporations are doing so is to cut costs and receive a tax break. But I guess it's better that they are doing it than not. I’m glad companies like Walmart are making a move to become more green, but in all honesty the only reason large corporations are doing so is to cut costs and receive a tax break. But I guess it’s better that they are doing it than not.

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