As i said: pricing externalism is always for thee and not for me. When I was a teenager lo these many years ago I had five t-shirts, two pairs of jeans, two pairs of gym shorts, and a pair of Nike Court that had to last me all year. I had a two transistor AM radio and a six year old five speed bike for amusement and the family shared a 12" color TV. Unless you're not around kids, then you are smoking crack if you think they consume less than we did. -XC
You have a sample size of one. If AM radios were common when you were a teenager, Brezhnev had yet to take Afghanistan. Which meant you lived in a world without recycling, where "compact cars" were 3500lb monstrosities like the AMC Pacer. Ask yourself: which consumes more resources to make, a Motorola AM radio powered by 9V batteries or an iPhone? Which consumes more resources to operate? I'll also point out that I in no way insulted you. Just because I've read studies and can back my statements up with facts does not mean I'm "smoking crack."