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Topic started on 21-8-2008 @ 05:32 PM by ThreeDeuce
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I'm horrible for the environment, and I know it. While many environmental activists stress the need to go green, actually doing it is much more
difficult.
I'm not attempting to kill our planet on purpose. But, like many other people, I enjoy many things that are horrible for the environment. I know
they are bad, but I don't want to do without them.
I love to take scorching hot steam showers. The steam and stinging hot water help my muscles. I know its bad for the environment because I'm
running electricity down the drain... But, I love it and I won't stop it.
I love to sit in the drive-thru with my A/C running. Here it's scorching hot, and my car is much cooler than the benches outside of the local taco
stand. So, I choose Air Conditioning in my car. Yep, I'm burning dead animals and plants to keep me warm. I really don't want to give up my car
or the air conditioning that keeps it cool.
What habits do you have or guilty pleasures you won't drop regardless of global warming?
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reply posted on 21-8-2008 @ 05:36 PM by Shazam The Unbowed
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I am intentionally ungreen. In fact I actively try to make my carbon footptint as large as possible, in as many ways as possible. I figure my efforts
alone offset at least 10 greenie hippies.
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reply posted on 21-8-2008 @ 05:37 PM by darkelf
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Bottled water. Mostly due to convience. Bottled water is cheap, fits my tiny apartment fridge, and is easily taken with me whenever I leave the
house. It may be bad for the enviornment, but I'll continue to buy it as long as it is cheap and available.
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reply posted on 21-8-2008 @ 05:45 PM by LockwithnoKey
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Yo!
Add me to the list, I may recycle my cardboard and beer cans, but I also own/drive 4 big juicy rigs with built v8's that just love to fume out my
neighbors.

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reply posted on 21-8-2008 @ 06:15 PM by thetruth777
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You realize global warming is a fraud to bring about global carbon tax, further taxing the very air we breathe? You realize Earth's temperature has
been rising since the Little Ice Age in the 1500s? You realize that during the Medeival Warm Period (~1000AD), Earth's temperature was even higher
than it is today?
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reply posted on 21-8-2008 @ 06:25 PM by stikkinikki
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Originally posted by thetruth777
You realize global warming is a fraud to bring about global carbon tax, further taxing the very air we breathe? You realize Earth's temperature has
been rising since the Little Ice Age in the 1500s? You realize that during the Medeival Warm Period (~1000AD), Earth's temperature was even higher
than it is today?
I don't. What do you mean "Earth's temperature was even higher than it is today?" Can you be specific?
I do tons of stuff that is ungreen like driving my car but I also grow a few of my own vegetables and recycle what I can. I'll do what I want and
part of what I want is a clean, liveable and relatively stable climated planet for the future generations. The easier it is to not waste, the easier
it is to not waste. I hope people make it easier not to waste.
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reply posted on 21-8-2008 @ 06:35 PM by LockwithnoKey
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Originally posted by thetruth777
You realize global warming is a fraud to bring about global carbon tax, further taxing the very air we breathe? You realize Earth's temperature has
been rising since the Little Ice Age in the 1500s? You realize that during the Medeival Warm Period (~1000AD), Earth's temperature was even higher
than it is today?
Well, since you obviously know all the facts pertaining to an ongoing fraud you should get on with the lawsuit then.
I know plenty of lawyers that jump all over fraud claims, well...of course they do require proof so I guess your out...
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reply posted on 21-8-2008 @ 07:22 PM by Shazam The Unbowed
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Originally posted by darkelf
Bottled water. Mostly due to convience. Bottled water is cheap, fits my tiny apartment fridge, and is easily taken with me whenever I leave the
house. It may be bad for the enviornment, but I'll continue to buy it as long as it is cheap and available.
I hope you're female. The pthalates they use in the plastic for water bottles supresses testosterone prodcction in men, which can lead to all kinds
of problems.
[edit on 8/21/2008 by Shazam The Unbowed]
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reply posted on 23-8-2008 @ 03:11 AM by darkelf
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Yep! 100% female. Testosterone is the last thing I have to worry about.
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reply posted on 23-8-2008 @ 12:49 PM by ThreeDeuce
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I found myself driving around for no reason at all.... Go Environment!!
We all love driving. Its one of the only places we can blast music. especially those that live in apartment complexes with thin walls!
I don't recycle.... it's not as much of an option in apartments.
Darkelf, I remember reading that drinking water out of plastic bottles is possibly the worst thing possible to do for the environment. Sort of
ironic... lol..
Yesterday I kept the water running while I brushed my teeth.... I'm evil.
I'm in college, and the height of my textbooks for next semester is nearly two feet high. It is absurd the amount of paper I have to lug around just
for this semester. Colleges could require laptops and E-books. But, its better if we waste trees for textbooks. I mean, we'll need them the whole
semester, and then sell them back. Until they make a new edition.
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reply posted on 23-8-2008 @ 01:46 PM by dizziedame
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I am very green except for my enormous use and misuse of gasoline.
I like anything with a gas engine and wheels. Therein lies my problem.
Acceleration and high speeds are my game. I thought it would go away with age but has gotten worse.
To get from point a to point b as fast as possible just rings my bells. I have several toys and they are all very fast. It's petal to the metal all
the way for me.
Life in the fast lane is the only way to go for me. I try to stop myself but am totally and irreversibly addicted to speed.
I tried to explain to the last police officer that stopped me that I could not help myself. He assured me that if I got anymore points on my drivers
license that the state could stop me.
Maybe I need to find a speeders anonymous. Hello, my name is Dizzie and I'm a speeder.
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reply posted on 23-8-2008 @ 02:07 PM by TheRedneck
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heh, I got you all beat! I drive a SEMI!  And I let it idle while I'm asleep so I can have A/C.
I refuse to recycle anything except aluminum cans (no money in it). When I can't drive the big rig, I drive a V-8 pickup. I burn brush outside in my
own burning pit, producing lots and lots of smoke. I burn kerosene for heat in the winter. I like hot showers too. And I think my pipes leak, but
since I am on a well, it doesn't matter.
Oh, and I fart a lot.  Methane good!
TheRedneck
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