It Ain't Easy Being Green
Back in the Eighth Grade, I had a kinda hippie-ish Earth Science teacher. I vividly remember her slogan: "Earth Day Every Day." She pounded that motto into our head to the point that my BFF and I still mock it to this day. But I would much rather sit in her class than see what's happening almost 15 years later.
I am so sick of "Green." Like almost ( Read more... )
I am so sick of "Green." Like almost ( Read more... )
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Ethanol: Hey crazy no-oil people, you know why bread, cereal and eggs have become so expensive lately? Because land that was used for growing wheat is now used for growing corn. And corn that would have fed chickens is now feeding your car instead.
Also, producing ethanol uses, hey, oil. And it also, whatever the energy source, takes up MORE energy to make it than what it can be used for. So ethanol is effectively NEGATIVE energy. Or something. I'm not really that great at the exact technicalities. So if cars were fueled entirely by ethanol, the planet would be in worse shape than by using oil, and apparently to grow enough corn for enough ethanol, almost every farm + huge more amounts of land would be needed entirely for corn. And yet, the government subsidizes this and people still encourage more use of ethanol.
Hybrid cars -- the vast majority of electricity is created using oil. So your car? ( ... )
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Now I'm not saying cloth diapers are bad. In some areas of the world where electricity and water and plentiful, they are marginally better. But it's not across the board. And if you weigh everything, at best, cloth and disposable equal out.
Another case of just because something sounds better (reusable) doesn't necessarily mean it is.
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