"Consumers often blame global environmental damage on the goods producers. But that is a fallacy," says Consumer's Foundation founder Chai Sung-lin, who began promoting environmental consciousness 30 years ago. He says that although the various forms of pollution and public harm caused by industrial production cannot be denied, the ultimate source of all environmental problems is the consumer himself.
「消費者常把環境的破壞歸咎於商品生產者，其實這是錯誤的觀念，」30 年前就提倡環保意識的消基會創辦人柴松林指出，雖然工業產生的各種污染、公害不能迴避，但一切環境問題的根源卻是消費本身。