what is it with those greeny things?
What do they cost extra instead of being the same price or less than.

I got thes off wiggle to show what i mean.

Ergon GP1 Handlebar Grips
made out the oil thats what be here once its made. It comes in a box made out if oil.... £21.99


Ergon GP1 Biokork Handlebar Grips
made out a greeny cork that grow by itself again. Comes in box made out of secondhand cardboard. £26.39

(off cousre it could be my brain having a good laugh at me again)

Yes. I know what you mean Seamus. The 'premium price' is sometimes warranted, but frequently isn't! Hard to tell on any one item although, if everyone bought greener products, prices would no doubt fall as more suppliers followed the market.

"I thought of that while riding my bike." --Albert Einstein, on the Theory of Relativity

2007 ICE QNT
2008 Hase Kettwiesel AL27
2011 Catrike Trail.
1951 Engine in need of partial rebuild.

Yo, in principle "green" should be cheaper to produce and buy. However for profitable reasons of pandering to a growing "green" demand, there is a premium to pay.

> Yo, in principle "green" should be cheaper to produce and buy.
Why ?
I do not think any manufacturer sets out to be un-green, it is just that often green/organic etc costs more, so in a price driven market it is driven out. Only when people are prepared to sacrifice the price-is-king approach can someone manufacturer a more expensive but greener product.
(Same with fairtrade, ethical investment etc)

I suspect that as oil prices rise organic veg' will not go up in price too much whereas vegetables grown with oil based fertilizers will show a much bigger rise in price.

"I thought of that while riding my bike." --Albert Einstein, on the Theory of Relativity

2007 ICE QNT
2008 Hase Kettwiesel AL27
2011 Catrike Trail.
1951 Engine in need of partial rebuild.