Is having the latest technology a want or a need?
How often do you get a new cel phone or mp3 player? Did you really need a new model? Do you consider the environmental impact of these purchases? If you are addicted, how can you break your addiction?
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Excess in our society
We have a society that is so used to luxuries that have negative effects on our environment that even though we don't need these things we feel like we cant live without them
The USA in particular is a very ethnocentric country that feels that in order to be the best they have to be big this includes mass producing unnecessary things that are craved amongst consumers. Some examples of this are Shoes, Cell phones, headphones, and children's toys. Producing all of these items leads to the increase of carbon dioxide being produces that is now being seen as an excess.