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In regard to the mink advertising campaign claiming to be sustainable versus synthetics, what if you dig a little deeper and ask how much petrochemical is required to produce the farmed fur versus the synthetic fur?  It would be interesting to know how much petrochemical is used in raising the mink feed (fertilizer, running farm equipment, shipping, etc), shipping the mink feed to the farm, having farm employees drive to work every day, etc.

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