Going green sure is the trendy thing to do.
Don't get me wrong. I dig the whole idea of keeping the planet clean, having an environmental mindset, reducing, recycling, and reusing. Great.
Here's were I get confused.
People talk about how they save some paper. Nice work. By saving a piece of paper you just saved about 1/80,500 of a tree. I am not mocking this. I understand that it adds up. A lot of people go to work and school each day and can reduce their paper usage significantly.
Unfortunately it is all thrown away (no pun intended) when a growing number of people auto-start their cars and allow them to run for 30-45 minutes before they leave home or work, or don't even bother shutting the vehicle off when they "quick" run into the grocery store for a half-hour. How counterproductive.
This may be comparing apples and oranges, but they are both environmental issues, right? You wouldn't only take your kid to the doctor for pneumonia and not for a broken arm.
Watch this video and I will make my final point.
It is hip to go green, but only when it serves us well to do so. The planet is cool; saving money for the stuff we want by using energy efficient light bulbs is cooler. Reducing our CO2 emissions is cool; being cold for a shorter amount of time because our vehicles are already warm is cooler.
We may need to evaluate just how green we are going if we aren't making any sacrifices.
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