I never throw anything out, i dunno if thats good for the environment but its not wasting resources.
I never throw anything out, i dunno if thats good for the environment but its not wasting resources.
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
I don't drive at all, but that's because I've not got around to learning yet. Too po' for a car, you see. But I need to get my licence within the next year or so. I don't do anything to save the environment because I don't believe my individual contribution would matter a whit - nor would the individual contributions of everyone. There needs to be a change in government and industry, not ordinary people's households.
And besides, oil prices are so high that people are choosing the more conservative options anyway. Pressure will force the necessary technological changes.
You must have an impressive collection of jizz rags.Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
I work from home. My wife carpools 3-4 times a week. Our recycling bin typically has more in it than our trash can on trash day, which isn't a lot. The electrical provider we use is 100% green(wind/water, etc...). We keep the thermostat generally higher in the summer and lower in the winter(plus it's cheaper). We recently bought a new car that gets 30 mpg.
Overall, yeah, I'd say we're pretty green.
I've considered killing myself. And possibly as many other people as possible. If I manage to kill say 20% of the world's population then all should be well.
Also this statement is full of fail, ignorance and a general lack of understanding about others and how people have to live their lives. Why not tell people to lie down on the pavement and wait to starve to death, cause it's pretty much the same fuggin' thing.
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I'm willing to tolerate damage to the environment in order to sustain my standard of living. (yes, I appreciate a damaged environment lowers my standard of living too)
I am dead, and therefore very environment friendly.
I don't drive a car.
But I will soon.
And I will use all the gas that's needed because if I'm driving somewhere, it has importance. Groceries, Baby needs something, I need something, Bruce needs something. I don't drive places unless I have a good valid reason too.
Yeah I don't really have intentions of pulling up to the gas pump and going "You know, I'm going to carry my 2 month old in the 100 degree weather for two miles so we can get her some VERY MUCH needed medicine or diapers, just so I can help save the planet a tiny bit"
With that said, the most I'll do is recycle. I took a bus for a year instead of calling a taxi to take me everywhere.
As for gas, at this point I don't think gas emission should be our main worry because from what I've heard (or what speculation my dad gets from the middle east) we'll be damn lucky if we can even afford gas.
I agree, and it's not even people who don't drive or don't have cars. From what I've seen, it's also people who have cars but don't drive much and since they don't have a reason to drive as much, apparently others shouldn't. My dad commuted 60 miles everyday to get to work, my bro-in-law comutes 45 miles a day, there's -NO- way they could have walked there and they couldn't get there via bus system or carpooling, and there's NO WAY my bro-in-law could quit his job because you CAN'T quit the army. And it would have been COMPLETELY unreasonable for my dad to quit his job because.. well it's kind of hypocritical for a guy in the oil field to quit his job to help the environment, not only that both me and him would be out of a job because he paid for my busing every day to work, can't get to work, can't make money to pay my bills. Yeah, sorry I don't think any person in their right mine would make their families suffer for the planet.Sorry, it just bugs me when people who don't drive or have cars say that it's so "simple" not to have one. I can't have mommy drive me around for the rest of my life.
Like I said in the above, I'm going to -need- a car at times if other's don't agree with the fact I'll need a car with an infant and town with no bus system then I would like them to back it up with valid healthy reasons, and bikeing or walking miles with a baby in the heat of the summer in Texas is NOT a valid reason. I'll put my needs and the needs of my family before the environment anyday.
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Or maybe its full of joke from a movie? Oh yeah didn't think of that. Just wanted to beat up on GoBo, well, not today sir!Also this statement is full of fail, ignorance and a general lack of understanding about others and how people have to live their lives. Why not tell people to lie down on the pavement and wait to starve to death, cause it's pretty much the same fuggin' thing.
I have no driver's licence and I recycle whatever I can. Also, I'm a freak when it comes to turning off switches and stuff at home. It's become a sport for me.
I drive everywhere. I live in the middle of nowhere, and in a village. The public transport is rubbish, comes when it feels like it and it never regular and it's expensive.
We recycle, though. Cans/bottles/cardboard/clothing materials/garden waste/plastic/tins/foil. Yes.
I think the only time you shouldn't drive is when you're not going anywhere. When you're just driving in circles for the sake of it. Saying that, it's your car. You can do whatever you like.
Were I a multi-billionaire, and Master of the Earth, I'd invest a buggerload in the awesomeness that is the air-powered car. Bollocks to this crappy hydrocar arsechip. Then I'd ban combustion engined cars and use their skeletons for other things.
Like dominoes.
I don't drive a car. I take the bus. But that's because I don't have a license. But jeez with gas prices these days I don't want to own a car!
The world isn't doomed. We aren't running out of resources. I still turn lights and stuff off though, if only to save money on the electricity bill.
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Consider biking and only using cars only when absolutely necessary (read: very very rarely -- buses > cars)
If you have to drive, buy a vehicle with very good fuel economy. Sometimes I complain to myself that I have a car that "only" has 33 / 46 mpg -- I should be able to get a better car (like a Toyota Prius). My thinking is that once I get rid of this Mazda 3, I should be able to get an electric car, thus making my dent on the earth much lower than somebody who is say, 10 years older than me or more (who would have to go through 2/+ cars before electric cars become available).
Telecommute. I haven't been to the office in like almost half a year now.
Remove lightbulbs in rooms that are rarely / never entered. There aren't any lightbulbs in my room. I use a flashlight if I need to find something. Alternatively, turn off the light when you leave a room (I am terrible at this btw)
Use a manual push-lawnmower (I don't, but it came to mind)
Shovel snow with a shovel for once (I never understood snowblowers)
if you have to drive, don't drive fast. you shouldn't drive 45 on the interstate because you'll ruin what little fuel economy everyone else has (and cause more accidents according to dr unne and foa), but on the highways, for shya.
little things, you know?
(the difference in time is pretty close to nil unless you're driving cross country at a difference of 30mph)
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