John, 
I'm thinking about the overseas do-si-do you mentioned. We are doing that with our trash. The containers that come here by freighters from China ( filled, of course with consumer throwaway) get filled with the stuff we all put in our recycling bins and are freighted back to China where the stuff is sorted and sent to factories all over to be made into raw material, then shipped back to China..... And so on. 

We need the good work of folks like you and other BP to help us feel less crazy. 

Mary

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On Jan 28, 2014, at 10:32 AM, John Leeke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The fascinating aspect of this to me is that someone would go to Ireland for custom made windows. I'd be very interested in the situations, thought process and decision making behind that.
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> Is this the "globalized economy" at work in the trades and crafts? I once heard of a preservation project that shipped Maine granite to China to be sized, shaped and carved, and then shipped the finished stones back to this country for installation in the old building. Could this actually cost the project less? Who pays for the environmental and health damage from the exhaust of all that diesel fuel?
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> John
> inquiring mind wants to know
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