You, Reading This, Killing Gorillas

I sympathize with No Impact Man. It seems every damned thing you buy has some horrendous consequence. 

A neighbor recently  learned our organic black beans come from China!  Shipped from China!

Now I read a mineral I've never heard of, Coltan (used in capacitors and elsewhere), has spiked in price since 2000 and is causing a mining boom in the Congo. 

Poor miners are destroying river habitats panning for the stuff, and killing Gorillas to put into the supper stew.

Auuugh!