http://rosecantine.com/2008/08/03/the-end-of-free-shipping/ Personal blog of Esme Vos Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:14:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://rosecantine.com/2008/08/03/the-end-of-free-shipping/#comment-215 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:20:40 +0000 http://www.rosecantine.com/?p=817#comment-215 It never made sense to me that it could be in the best interests of either capitalism or the environment to ship stuff 50,000 miles during its production and delivery stage. It only happened because of artificially suppressed real costs, in which governments in developing countries ignored the side effects of gas, essentially destroying their future; and in developed nations, paid off those costs, destroying their present and future. Chickens meet roost.

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