ps I could be wrong but it seems like most people who drive priuses drive like 10mph over the speed limit on the freeway anyway. Which negates the electric engine operating at slow speeds. In, fact that tiny little engine is probably getting worse mileage than just a traditional compact car at that speed.

And as for stuff like ‘hybrids’ and electric cars…

First of all, they cost so much more to make and purchase over regular cars, and get minimal gains over older vehicles (and full electric cars are useless to many people… time span is so short and charge times are insane). Secondly, electric cars run off of, get this, electricity. Where does it come from in most places? Fossil fuels. What about battery disposals?

The ‘biggest’ issue is global warming itself. How exactly can we tell the earth is warming, and its due to CO2? An increase of CO2 can be independent of temperature. Also, the earth has increased/decreased in overall temp several times (Ice ages?) and how can we tell that temps ARE increasing? We have only had the technology to record temps for a few decades.

If global warming was an issue, then current green products do nothing but cost the consumer, shift the energy use, and inconvenience people. In the future, this may change, but I for one will not buy a hybrid for $40 000. Ill keep my vehicles I pay $10 000 for, and get 10-20MPG. (it would take years for a hybrid to barely break even, let along be more cost effective.)

Yes, there are people who live an eco friendly lifestyle… most of them live on small farms and kill their own food.

You’re never really going to SEE any green if you live in a flithy city stacked ontop of eachother in an artificial enviroment.

We had this “green” freak in the office and she pulled all sorts of strings to set up recycling, and the use of special cleaners that were less damaging… as soon as she left everyone went right back to the old soaps and tossing all the junk back in the trashcans.

Makes me giggle.

Yes, that explains why 99 percent of scientists who have studied climate change agree that it’s real.

Of course, you listen to Rush Limbaugh, not scientists.
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Could you come down off your high horse so I can understand you?

As for “going green”, is it necessarily a bad thing that protecting our environment has merged with popular culture?

Wait, is Chaser trying to speak for Canadians? Because that would mean he’s totally full of crap.

Do you know how pretentious you sound? Seriously?

How is TV any worse (electricity or brain cell wise) than the internet and computers? I would venture so far as to say that the internet is WORSE.

But for now, I love burning mah fossil fuels.

Right…..

I ‘spose there’s something different between real world green and media green… not that I’d know not owning a TV (waste of brain cells and electricity).

For example ‘green’ PC hardware generates less heat, needs less cooling, works with more silent fans, works in general more silent. Additionally you won’t hate your energy bill that much.

You can take that for nearly every ‘green’ product.
It’s more efficient and saves your money. And i really do like products that save my money.