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  Partial agreement

  I am no real fan of Wal-mart and I miss the small Mom and Pop stores. I patronize those small stores whenever I can. However, I feel that Walmart often gets slammed as "the cause of all things bad" simply because they developed a business plan that works. While I am sure that Walmart has a negative effect on the environment, it may not be as bad, when compared to small businesses, as we portray it.  When I shop at Walmart, I buy food, household supplies, clothes, etc. under one roof. I usually only shop there on my way home from work so that I add very little to my travel. In talking to my co-workers, most of them also combine shopping trips with work transportation. If I buy from privately owned stores, I still have to travel several miles by the time that I visit the grocery store, the hardware store and the clothing store to get the items I would get in one stop at Walmart. I additionally have to question whether an 18-wheeler load going to a Walmart is any less envionmentally friendly than the same load of items shipped into town then broken up and delivered to 200 small independent stores.
  We can complain about Walmart all we want but as long as we want to dress fashionably, eat a variety of foods and have electronic gadgets, we are going to cause environmental damage. I don't foresee the North American people buying into living with one pair of shoes, one shirt, one pair of pants, no air conditioning and walking everywhere like my grandparents did. Therefore, while I agree we need to keep pushing for greener businesses, I think we should at least give a nod of approval to the meager efforts that are put into place. No it is not "enough" but it is "something" which is better than "nothing".On The impossibility of a green Wal-Mart posted 2 years, 7 months ago 27 Responses