Awhile back, I worked at a college for about 5 minutes. They used to lecture me (and others) on the value of cleaning recyclables before putting them in the bins.
At orientation, being an engineer and a troublemaker among "Studies" majors, I asked: "How much energy does it take to maintain the hot water needed to wash these recyclables? Does it exceed the amount of energy saved by recycling? What about wasting the clean water?"
Much discussion. Then, an answer: "Of course recycling is better."
Was a scene right out of the movie "Idiocracy".
Pissing off liberals floats my boat. Throwing recyclables in the garbage in front of liberals is more fun than eating pork in front of Muslims. I have always known that recycling didn’t save any energy. I spent a summer working my way through school in a recycling plant.