Terry: Ironically, In many ways the libertarian unfettered free economic market you always seem to promote has been the defacto policy here in China. The result is pollution beyond imagination, unsustainable energy consumption, mind-numbing congestion and very inequitable distribution of wealth. Not wasting precious petro resources on non-resuable shopping bags is a no-brainer. The list of cities and countries banning them is growing longer and longer. Sam