Sure, the coffee industry is huge. As a matter of fact, one-out-of every two human beings starts their day with a cup of coffee. Coffee is a plant which nourishes the earth and oxygenates the atmosphere. As far as “third world labor” is concerned, I suggest you travel to Costa Rica, Vietnam, Jamaica or one of the hundreds of other coffee growing regions and suggest to the locals that they should stop growing coffee (you might as well suggest that they stop feeding their kids). Better yet, go down to Columbia and suggest that they stop growing marijuana, which after all, is universally burnt up each year by the GigaTon, adding to the carbon footprint inestimably. I suspect that the locals in any of these places would shortly educate you on how to use human remains for fertilizer.

Finally, not only are any pesticide residues “burned-off”, but actually incinerated completely by 1600 degree afterburners (or even climate friendly catalytic oxidizers) which even remove all traces of smoke.

The challenge for humanity has always been to discover what we want, and how best to get it without hurting ourselves. Today, add to that “ourselves and the earth”. That’s what this entire post has been about before “Rick G.” muscled in with his sophomoric condemnation.

I suggest Rick quiet down, light up a joint of Columbian, heat up a cup of water with his solar panel, and brew some of the tasteless green tea (& bugs) he grew in his back-yard without fertilizer or pesticide. Better yet, eat the weed so as not to pollute the air further. In the meantime Rick, try not to drive your car, sit on any furniture made of animal skins, synthetic fibers, cotton, wood, glass, plastic, metal, or bamboo. Also, do not wear clothing, use any electronics or eat any off-season-produce since all these things were no doubt produced at a huge carbon cost, by corrupt companies employing those poor, starving third-world workers, who would much rather be living on Welfare in the United States.