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re: shopping against climate change
Seeing this alternet article and revisiting the compact reminded me to talk about this again...
First, I should say that I'm guilty of all the below as well, but am coming around to trying to do things differently. That said...
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How bankrupt do you have to be to think that "doing the same old thing that doesn't work" is going to fix your problems?
If you eat too much and are therefore fat, will eating a lot of so-called diet drinks and foods (diet cola, lean cuisine) are going to change your fatness, when the real problem is your daily level of physical activity (or lack of, by driving to work, to the store, to the gym, sitting at a desk job all day without taking breaks, ...?)
The answer of course, is NO.
So, hyper-consumerism in the US and other "first world" nations and the now up-and-coming nations will fix our peak oil and global warming problems if we only "Buy GREEN things"... well, Lick my Green Balls! Here's what we can all do:
* SHOP at WholePaycheck with the snobbiest and whitest among us (although it's all 'nobody's fault')
* BUY a HYBRID CAR, preferably a Toyota Pervus, so we can show the world how E- and G-minded we are.. or better yet a 'smart'car, Tango, or 100% electric car--by all means, PLEASE keep driving between the dotted lines.. don't get out of your car and lose your Privacy, psychological defenses, easy means to sex and pleasure, and lack of exercise.. i mean, what would it mean to be "American" without Cars?
* Buy Organic simpleton Shoes, Levi's, deodorant, toothpaste, bodywash, cosmetics and other extra crap, including bamboo/recycled wood cabinets to store all the new crap in
* Buy "Carbon offsets" for your sinning--through PG&E climate smart or TerraPass or whatever... but by all means keep running your corporate and home PCs ALL NIGHT and keep Driving and Flying.
* Oh, and if you are Rich Enough to buy all of these beautiful material things which 90% of the world does without and are just fine, but You with your insecurities must have...
* Don't forget about "Green gasoline and diesel" - ethanol and palm tree biodiesel... hooray for burning up the last few inches of MidWest topsoil for stupid commuting methods and getting rid of orangutan habitat in Indonesia and other places where they make palm tree plantations so we can power our cars... when we'd be so much better off bicycling and walking our Fat Asses around. Go ahead, buy a GM "FlexFooL" SUV instead! Thank the Lord.
Well, I guess that we are all mentally bankrupt unless we stop consuming 4 Earth's worth of production. Who gives two shits about economic growth? Look where it's gotten us.
Come on, disagree with me. Call me fascist or communist neomarxist, I don't really care.
First, I should say that I'm guilty of all the below as well, but am coming around to trying to do things differently. That said...
* * *
How bankrupt do you have to be to think that "doing the same old thing that doesn't work" is going to fix your problems?
If you eat too much and are therefore fat, will eating a lot of so-called diet drinks and foods (diet cola, lean cuisine) are going to change your fatness, when the real problem is your daily level of physical activity (or lack of, by driving to work, to the store, to the gym, sitting at a desk job all day without taking breaks, ...?)
The answer of course, is NO.
So, hyper-consumerism in the US and other "first world" nations and the now up-and-coming nations will fix our peak oil and global warming problems if we only "Buy GREEN things"... well, Lick my Green Balls! Here's what we can all do:
* SHOP at WholePaycheck with the snobbiest and whitest among us (although it's all 'nobody's fault')
* BUY a HYBRID CAR, preferably a Toyota Pervus, so we can show the world how E- and G-minded we are.. or better yet a 'smart'car, Tango, or 100% electric car--by all means, PLEASE keep driving between the dotted lines.. don't get out of your car and lose your Privacy, psychological defenses, easy means to sex and pleasure, and lack of exercise.. i mean, what would it mean to be "American" without Cars?
* Buy Organic simpleton Shoes, Levi's, deodorant, toothpaste, bodywash, cosmetics and other extra crap, including bamboo/recycled wood cabinets to store all the new crap in
* Buy "Carbon offsets" for your sinning--through PG&E climate smart or TerraPass or whatever... but by all means keep running your corporate and home PCs ALL NIGHT and keep Driving and Flying.
* Oh, and if you are Rich Enough to buy all of these beautiful material things which 90% of the world does without and are just fine, but You with your insecurities must have...
* Don't forget about "Green gasoline and diesel" - ethanol and palm tree biodiesel... hooray for burning up the last few inches of MidWest topsoil for stupid commuting methods and getting rid of orangutan habitat in Indonesia and other places where they make palm tree plantations so we can power our cars... when we'd be so much better off bicycling and walking our Fat Asses around. Go ahead, buy a GM "FlexFooL" SUV instead! Thank the Lord.
Well, I guess that we are all mentally bankrupt unless we stop consuming 4 Earth's worth of production. Who gives two shits about economic growth? Look where it's gotten us.
Come on, disagree with me. Call me fascist or communist neomarxist, I don't really care.
