>I certainly didn't mean YOU the messenger, I meant that most Americans (and >we are talking about the big-gulp warehouse store buying general public, >here) have a deep, instant dislike to ANYONE telling them what they SHOULD >do.
I think that goes for anybody, doesn't matter where they shop, what they drink or what they drive >I agree. But most people don't. They don't care about the trees. Or the >fish. Or about the person in the car in front of them. They just don't. I care. Ask my wife I have slammed on the brakes more than once to move a turtle out of the road. :) They are my favorites. I always try to help hurt animals or the like. Of course I fish to, and boy are they tasty fried up in drakes. >For example, most SUV owners you ask will say they are safer. Statistics >absolutely prove this is wrong. I don't even have an airbag. I think you might want to reexamine those statistics. I'll find some for you, but common sense tells me when I look at a SUV and if it hits a Dodge Neon, who is going to win? >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/30/02 05:11PM >>> > I own a Jeep, but I own a bike and a pair of shoes. > > I try to use all of them in their proper time and place. Note that I have no problem with SUVs - they are useful vehicles. My beef is with the Proud and Wasteful consumers. > As for the "typical American" attitude towards the environment, I think that is almost as much due to the messenger as the message. LOL, Jerry, one of your fellow Americans (and mine) just said that More is the American Way, proudly, so its not just me that thinks so. > I think there is a knee-jerk response to most attempts to force environmental concerns down people's throats. The point is that folks should care without having them forced down their throats. > As soon as environmentally friendly products are as useful and as cheap as their "dirty" counterparts, people will switch in droves. Not really - the vehicle trend now is towards ridiculously large. How many people need all the room a suburban has? > Asking people to give up their way of living for "the greater good" I feel is not taking basic human nature into account. I think then, we need to overcome our basic human nature and teach our kids to care about each other and the planet. > And we need to start selling environmentally friendly products as PRODUCTS, and not tacking on a politically-correct "green" tax. What specifically are you speaking to here? ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
