[Jewelry making - Article 00364] - Re: [Orchid] Price of Gold

[Cameron Potter]

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    Regarding the idea of don't buy something if someone somewhere is
    doing it wrong is really quite flawed. 

    The same reasoning could be applied to clothes, food, everything. 

    The fact of the matter is that if you are willing to pay more (or
    only buy) for something that is "clean", then the business world
    will realise that in order to do business, they too must be clean. 

    This is the way that market forces work.  If enough people only buy
    environmentally friendly stuff, then the non-environmentally
    friendly stuff will become less prevalent.  ALSO, the more that this
    kind of behaviour occurs, the more it is accepted, thus reinforcing
    itself. 

    Look at whaling, years ago it was seen as OK.  Then some people
    refused to buy whale derived products, eventually it got up enough
    steam to be internationally recognised as appalling.  These days
    very few people would consider buying whale derived products. 

    Hopefully other things can follow in a similar trend, be it gold or
    diamonds, or shoes or electricity... 

Cam

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