While graduate students had
less apparent impact than postdocs on overall publication counts, they increased the likelihood of publications in these high - impact journals just as much as postdocs did.
As George Monbiot has argued, the environmental movement's
apparent obsession with plastic bags has turned the reusable tote into an icon of green living, even though its
impact on our environmental footprint is negligible compared to cutting energy use, driving
less, eating
less meat, or any number of other actions.