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Alternatives to US products
There are several alternatives available to you when you have chosen to boycott some, or all US products. However, some of these alternatives also present you with difficult choices...
Last update: June 19, 2006
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If you switch from buying your petrol at an ExxonMobil or Esso petrol station, to buying from Shell or BP/Amoco, you are still contributing to global warming, and supporting a company that stands to benefit greatly from the war against Iraq and a regime change in Baghdad. Even TotalFinaElf, the French oil company, has a history of environmental destruction and human rights abuses. It is certainly putting pressure on the French government to oppose a war against Iraq, but this is to do with a less-than-humanitarian interest in supporting the undemocratic regimes in the Middle East. A much more sustainable alternative is to reduce the amount you use your car. Similarly, you should think about reducing the number of airplane journeys you take each year. Think about transport that is less polluting: walk, bike (it's good for your health), bus, tram, train, boat... |
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If you must use a car, you could investigate switching to straight vegetable oil (SVO). Straight vegetable oil is a fuel for diesel engines that can be either pure new vegetable oil or waste vegetable oil that has been cleaned.
More information:
Petrol:
Ethical Consumer: Petrol & diesel Buyers' guide, February 2003
Straight vegetable oil (SVO):
Wikipedia:Straight vegetable oil
Cars:
Ethical Consumer: Cars Buyers' guide, June 2003
Worldwatch Institute: "Cars", Good Stuff? A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy. See "Simple Things You Can Do" and "Challenge Yourself And Others"
Biking:
Worldwatch Institute: "A Bike Trip a Day Keeps the Pollution Away", Vital Signs 2003
Planes:
Worldwatch Institute: "Planes Utilize Most Fuel During Takeoff", Vital Signs 2005
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If you stop consuming food or drink produced by US multinationals, and switch to products produced by other companies, you will be sending a powerful message to the White House that consumers do not want a war against Iraq. |
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But, a much stonger message about the kind of world you want to create is to buy locally produced or ethically traded products...
Eating organic food will also help cut down on the amount of oil-based chemical used to produce the food.
More information:
Organicfood.co.uk: "What is the connection between wars for oil and the food we eat?"
If you switch from smoking Malboro or L&M to Gauloises, you will be contributing to stopping the war against Iraq, but you will be putting your own health and also the health of people round you in danger, and contributing to deforestation and polution caused by tobacco production.
A more sustainable, but probably more difficult, solution is to cut down on the amount you smoke, or grow your own tobacco.
In the US, you can find cigarettes made with 100% US and organic grown tobacco, Natural American Spirit. This is an interesting alternative for smokers who live in the USA.
Ethical Consumer: UK alternative consumer organisation
Worldwatch Institute: Good Stuff? A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy
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