In addition to appeals to pathos, Shoumatoff strongly appeals to logos throughout his argument, using both facts and statistics in his logical progression of ideas. For example, Shoumatoff confronts his audience with facts about the abuse of non-biodegradable materials, such as plastic bags and bottled water, “Global consumption of bottled water rose 57 percent between 1999 and 2005. The U.S, not surprisingly, is the largest consumer, downing 6.9 Billion gallons in 2004. The bottles are made mostly from polyethylene terephthalete. Those sold in America use up 1.5 million bottles of oil a year, enough to fuel 100,000 cars. Worldwide, 2.7 million tons of plastic a year was used to make water bottles, which have become a monumental waste problem.”