Penn & Teller's view on recycling

Recycling- is it good, bad, or just bullshit?
        Arguments: Exposing the realities of recycling where most believe that it is a pro-environment solution its actually not. It creates pollution among other things. Along with the myth it is cost effective it actually is the complete opposite it is very cost ineffective it also has to be subsidized by the government. And last but not least most of America truly believes that we are running out of landfill space which is completely untrue we have more space than we know what to do with.
       Evidence: They show that pollution is caused when the five different trucks have to switch off from route to the next to take the "recyclables" from place to place. This costs us more money to take the existing recyclelable, recycle them into new products than to just start from scratch.They also prove the myth wrong that we are running out of landfill space. Its shown in the episode that landfills are usually underneath golf courses or parks. They cover up the land fills and place grass and trees over them as if they were never there.
         Honestly I find their strategy to be effective. They always have evidence to back up what their saying and they do show the other sides. By showing why the other side proves to be the reason and then taking this "proof" and throwing it down the drain by having a counter point.
         I don't think they necessarily consider the audience.. More of they are expressing THEIR opinion and if you disagree well they still believe its bullshit.Some are offended by this attitude so it may not be a completely affective strategy for anyone who takes things to heart.
        Strategies that may be affective in the last paper we write are: that Penn and Teller use critical evidence to back up what they believe. Though they are die heart against recycling they do show both sides. First explaining how the "recyclers" view the problem and how they handle it, and then they show the "real" truth behind it.