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Originally Posted by mjh215
Remember, to those individuals what is necessary and needed in their eyes is acceptable... The same with privacy laws, etc.
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Which is exactly why we're in the state we're in. And, of course, everyone just says that it was everyone
else's extravagances and waste that put us here, they had nothing to do with it, and there was nothing they could do about it...
So, everybody go ahead and keep insisting that I'm blaming everyone else but me, and telling everyone else to change except myself. I'm not just riding this bandwagon, I was early on the 1970s wagon, and I've been actively working to keep it on the road since then, through conservation, contribution, and honest effort. And watched all that get happily, haughtily, smugly pi$$ed away by my fellow countrymen, thank you so very much. But I still make the effort, and will continue to do so.
I know the key to living sensibly, is to do it
all the time... not when it's convenient, or when the new conservation bandwagon happens to pull up to your door. You have to live by it, buy by it, eat by it, work by it, dress by it, clean by it, and constantly remember where it's all going when you're done with it.
When you do that, you find it's very easy to live green, even to the extent of using your electronics... because you bought the right stuff in the first place, and you use it sensibly. Electronics in themselves may not be green, but the way you use them can make them green. I may not have a 1 watt 400MHz CPU in my laptop, but I know how to use it sensibly, and when to turn it off when I'm done... then leave the office, turn out the light on my way, and enjoy the rest of my life.
And I am certainly not perfect, living a commune with 60 of my closest friends, walking to work, growing my own food, and rebuilding my home from scrap lumber I found at the local condemned development before it was all leveled and hauled away. My house is made up of brick, because if it was made of glass, it would have been demolished long ago by all the stones thrown at it. But I am constantly vigilant for how I do everything I do, and wherever I see the chance, I make it better. I do that for me, for my country, and for the world. That's my job.
Yo: There's room on the wagon. I'm offering a hand, to whoever wants it... and whether they take it or not.