Green consumers' irrational exuberance

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Joel Makower asks why, given the gloomy economic outlook, surveys of green consumers are delivering such positive results

What is it with pollsters and green consumers? Why do nearly all of the surveys seem so gushingly optimistic, even during pessimistic times? That's a question that's been nagging me the past few weeks....

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