Yesterday I was in my local shoe store, looking for some sneakers. I prefer to “buy local” as that is what promotes business and keeps small stores open. While I was there, a young man came in, looking at the work boots display. He was looking for non-steel toe boots, although (he said) the company he works for requires them. In his accent that bespoke of him coming from Texas, he said he had issues with the toe box on steel boots, and was hoping to find something that looked like steel boots, but weren’t.. The owner showed him some boots that were 100% leather, non-steel toe. “Oh no”, he said, “I can’t buy those; they wear out after about three to four weeks”. “How so?”, asked the owner. “The antifreeze and the fracking chemicals that I spill on them wear through the leather and the boots are history after just a few weeks", was the reply.
Hmmm. I wonder how the environment, where this man is standing when he spills his chemicals, holds up to this abuse. If 100% leather wears out with fracking fluid, oil, etc., in just three weeks, what do you think this fracking fluid, oil, etc, is doing to soil, plant life, and topography when it goes unnoticed? Can you get the picture?
