Exactly, the number of reso cones made every year is utterly miniscule in the total amount of aluminum smelted every year. It's really a non-issue. Even the waste products produced in the process can be controlled. My point is, once your woodlands are gone, they're going to be gone for a long, long time. I don't know about you but I don't have 800 years to wait around for a new crop of trees to cut down to make guitars. We have to conserve our trees--it's a no-brainer.

The same with hybrid cars, although I don't want this to turn into a hybrid debate, has nothing to do with the batteries (which are recycled anyway), it's about the amount of raw petroleum we save. That's what the hybrid was invented for. There's no excuse for anyone not owing a car that gets AT LEAST in the 30-something mpg range these days (I don't know what the equivalent is in Europe). The technolgy is good enough now that there is simply no excuse. We have to conserve the oil. Batteries are a whole other argument unrelated.