WSJ economics writer Stephen Moore suggests environmentalism is a way to bully ordinary citizens, noting that San Francisco garbage collectors could levy fines up to $1,000 for recyclables mixed with garbage improperly.

Looks like America is catching up with the UK here. But he does have an interesting statistical twist noting that Daniel Benjamin, an economist, says the US could store all its garbage for the next 100 years on Ted Turner’s ranch in Montana and still have 50,000 undisturbed acres for the horse and bison.

Fine, but would they object to the smell?

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