BUYING LOCAL IS NOT NECESSARILY GREEN

Andrew Lilico

Economic Affairs, 2008, vol. 28, issue 2, 63-64

Abstract: Environmentalists are urging consumers to stop buying imports that needed to be transported long distances. However, the domestic production of the same goods would typically involve a much greater use of resources and therefore be counter‐productive.

Date: 2008
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