Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> The last place I'd want to get Science news from would be 60 Minutes, but I
> don't want to argue about the numbers. I just want to ask if you ever feel
> like giving up, because I do. In no way would I think I'm an
> environmentalist, I think they are kooks. But I separate my trash, I
> recycle, I check my tires' pressure and keep the engine tuned. I always
> watch about turning lights out and turning computers and printers off, I've
> lowered my heat in the winter and haven't thought about putting the AC in
> the windows yet, and so on. But for every one of me I know there are a
> hundred or thousand others who don't care. You see them on the highway,
> driving with tires that look like they have 20 lbs of pressure, or they are
> going 80 MPH on 55 highways. I couldn't count the number of times I've come
> into work in the morning and seen others with their computer monitors on
> saying 'It is safe to turn off your computer'. Trash on the highways or
> having four recycle bins next to each other and each one will have an empty
> can, some paper, a plastic bottle, an empty toner cartridge.
>
> I had a huge argument once, someone said that it was the governments fault
> when a new highway was running at capacities that were supposed to be 30
> years away. I told them to count how many cars had more then one person in
> it. When I'm bike riding or sometimes driving I keep a count and I usually
> get 75 to 80% with single person cars. (Although I'm guilty of that myself.
> I either bike commute to work or drive by myself.)
>
> I just wonder if it's worth it sometimes.
Some environmentalists _are_ kooks, and of course they get most of the
attention. Personally, from the above statement, I would consider you an
environmentalist, like it or not. 8^)
Doug
