Gov't expands more products, services to 'eco-point' system

Saturday 08th August, 05:50 AM JST

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DeepAir65 at 08:19 AM JST - 8th August

as another article already asked - how are they energy efficient? Seems for example with TVs and fridges the new machines use more power because they are bigger.

This country needs to do something more radical with say solar and wind energy to do something about the carbon footprint
Mark_McCracken at 11:41 AM JST - 8th August

Unnecessary consumer spending is bad for the environment, not good.
escape_artist at 10:26 PM JST - 8th August

This sham of a system only has one goal, to sell more items and somehow thus kick-start the economy again. People buying more things, possibly for things they really don't need, won't in the end do much at all to help the environment, conserve energy, etc. The environment has always been second though to most companies, especially big ones, in Japan. Toyota isn't as green as they make themselves out to be. The 3Rs -- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle -- need to come first, but I guess everyone's forgetting that when times are economically tough.

Thankfully, there's also a growing number of firms in Japan that are exploring alternative energy sources, too. Any venture that can wean people off petroleum-based fuel, energy, components, or other dependency is likely to do well in the future. (That and probably just about anything that caters to elder folks.)