If they are, then they are the smartest, most skilled, and most conscious of unnecessary waste. I cannot count myself among these gentlemen and ladies of culture, yet... Though I respect and appreciate what they do.
I am not a green peace extremist, nor a global warming alarmist, that being said I did work in a national park before I taught history and I do think reusing is far the most beneficial of the three R's.
I am reading a few books first and collecting materials so I am ready when we move somewhere warmer after my wife gets her nursing degree.