Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Try looking at it this way: The whole waste thing has for centuries been out of control, and now it's time to be sane about it. Yes, it means expending money and effort to switch to green practices... but considering how long most of us have been wasting, the expense is a drop in the bucket in comparison.
And you don't have to wait for inept governments to get their act together. That's just another convenient excuse for continuing bad practices. It needs to be done, so start doing it.
I think are assuming, because we are arguing with you, that we aren't already doing what you suggest. Most of us, the older generation, was raised to not waste. What we are, well, what I am fighting against, is being forced to do something because the government says so. the new mandate about CFL bulbs is a good example. Being constantly lectured by people who think they see the world thru clearer eyes chafes after a while.
Pay close attention to this: They are not my standards. Stop acting like I'm the Great Dictator, ordering everyone to do whatever asinine thing comes into my head because my bubble-headed mistress thinks it's a cute thing to do. It's a Texan in office, not me.
Bush has a bubble headed mistress??? Dang.
I'm telling you how you can conserve resources. And I'm telling you that it's not that frickin' hard. That's all.
Again, you are assuming we don't already know/practice what you are preaching. Its the lecturing thats tiresome.
But hey... it's a God-given American tradition to be free to do whatever you want, regardless of its value or sense, so go ahead and be a typical American. It's Standard American Procedure to sit back and say, "Leave it alone, and it'll fix itself," so be my guest. You want to insult me, and blow off my logical refutations of your points? Fine. Continue to be in classic denial, waste energy, waste resources, and act superior beause no one can tell you what you can't throw away. I'm not at your front door stopping you, am I?
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