March 28, 2008
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when the words don’t flow
if it isn’t obvious, i don’t plan out my blogs ahead of time. maybe that would help, but somehow, that just seems to take all the fun out of it.
i was thinking about global warming today. or is it climate change these days? whatever. the point is that i firmly believe we should all do our part to keep our home beautiful and clean. i don’t see what’s wrong with that. now, i know that there is just as much information out there to refute the arguments of global warming and i’ve researched some of it. it’s so hard to follow, there are a bunch of quotes from scientists galore that are chopped up into little bits and pasted back together with who-knows-what is missing from the middle. whether you believe in this climate change problem or not, what’s so bad about recycling? i don’t want the earth becoming one big landfill. what’s wrong with saving money on gas by buying a more fuel-efficient or alternative fuel vehicle or even by carpooling to work or school? how about walking or riding your bike when you take little trips down the street? i thought exercise and fresh air was good for you. and don’t buy compact fluorescent light bulbs because they cost more than regular light bulbs (nevermind the fact that they will pay for themselves in savings on your electric bill). get plastic bags everytime you go to the grocery store (or wherever) because you like the idea of those bags sitting in a landfill, or your cabinets, or the streets, or the oceans, for the rest of your life.
people say that they don’t “go green” because it’s not cost or time efficient, but so many of these simple solutions actually give you a chance to save money in the long run. what’s the harm of actually doing these things? maybe it is all just a big hoax and there is nothing we can do that will destroy the earth and it’s natural resources but why wouldn’t we want to protect and value the things we need to survive?
Comments (4)
Very well said. I feel very much the same way about this whole topic. Why do people feel the need to exert so much energy resisting against such simple things that are ultimately good to do? I don’t get it.
who the fluck is this
There’s this attitude that says “if I say it ain’t so, then it ain’t so”. People like that are going to stick their heads in the sand regardless of what happens. There’s actually much more evidence supporting climate change (which is my preferred term, because it isn’t all warming) than there is refuting it – I would call much of the evidence against it “pseudo-science” (like those jerks and their creation museum, trying to “prove” men and dinosaurs walked the earth together 5000 years ago).
The most green people I know live the most frugally, so go figure…
ryc: thank you! I’m pleased to make a new friend!