tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976138173290619925.post5146596763188707611..comments2024-01-15T02:23:35.217-06:00Comments on allinaword: It's All Green To MeChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15051979669599795770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976138173290619925.post-9501662981618533382008-11-29T16:54:00.000-06:002008-11-29T16:54:00.000-06:00Anonymous: I suspect that in generation conservati...Anonymous: <BR/><BR/>I suspect that in generation conservation will be so much part and parcel of life that people will struggle to understand our endless consumption and over use of landfills. And if green is the color of money then maybe we just need to turn capitalism loose on the green economy to make it “pay”. <BR/><BR/>A few years ago I wrote a college paper about the phenomenon of bottled water and managed to learn a thing or two. People might be shocked to learn that two very well known bottled water products, one made by Pepsi, the other by Coke, use as their source not the crystal clear water of mountain streams but municipal tap water. <BR/><BR/>C’mon, now, you can’t knock the guy who invented the internet!Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051979669599795770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976138173290619925.post-68022935968322194322008-11-20T21:11:00.000-06:002008-11-20T21:11:00.000-06:00Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where c...Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where conservation was the norm and not something that people are coerced or paid to do. Unfortunately green is also the color of money. Too many people are profiting from their green advocacy without really doing anything but talking about being green. When it comes down to it they don’t walk the walk.<BR/><BR/> Just look at what has happened the past few years and insert the name of someone opposite of your political point of view. Then see if you would believe them the same way that you believe proponents now. Let’s say that Dan Quayle was the ex-politician who started lecturing around the country saying that the earth is warming at an alarming rate and that it is the burning of fossil fuels that is causing this warming. I imagine that many people would think that Mr. Quayle has an ulterior motive behind his speeches. What does he have to gain by traveling around the world giving speeches about the environment? Would you question why he is using so much carbon to travel so far to give the same speech over and over again without supplying concrete answers of how people can make a real difference right now? Especially when there is something so global like the internet where he could conference with many people at once. After all, he did invent the internet, didn’t he? Maybe that was someone else.<BR/><BR/>Also ask yourself, do the lawmakers really want people to be green. The people that talk about windmills are the same ones that make laws that prohibit people from putting them on their property. One prominent national politician made sure they weren’t allowed anywhere near where he could see them from his vacation home, and locally there are nuisance laws keeping individuals from having them on their property. <BR/><BR/>My proposition is to think of one “green” thing and see how many people will follow along and then add to the list for others to follow. Mine is to cut out bottled water. I can’t think of a more wasteful enterprise than bottle water in a country with clean water available from the tap. (which is where most bottled water comes from in the first place.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com