Analyzing Bullshit

          Penn & Teller are making the argument that recycling is not as great as most people make it out to be and it's actually bad for the environment. They claim that recycling is not only a waste of time and money, but also a waste of our resources. Penn & Teller back up their arguments by interviewing both experts that support the benefits and deny the benefits of recycling. I feel they were convincing and effective at proving that taxpayers are paying more to recycle items than it would be to make new ones from scratch. They responded to many counterarguments by interviewing average people off the street and providing answers to their questions. Penn & Teller proved that it costs three times more to recycle our garbage & costs us about eight billion dollars a year. I think they exposed a lot of myths that most people had about why we recycle in the first place. They explained how there is no actual landfill shortage. Most landfills are covered up to have golf courses made and trees planted on. They also uncovered that gases from lanfills are stored and used to energize homes, debunking the theory that the gases were polluting the atmosphere.