splash07
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...and in those days cars got 5-10 mpg, and the American motorway and auto culture was born. bigger was better and aerodynamics was a four letter word.
So, no you were not green in those days.
....and in those days there was no such thing as the clean water act, clean air act, or the EPA. Back then the Ohio river caught fire multiple times (I dont think they are supposed to do that). The landfill was the ONLY way to dispose of refuse back then, and most sewer pipes went straight to the nearest body of water.
...so again, no you were not green back then.
...and back then you spread harmful chemicals to control insects without testing them. Approved the process of strip mining, invented the strip mall, and owned a refrigerator that draws as much power as my entire house of electronics.
However, everything that we do today is not green either so.....no one is green and we have all failed.
The truth is that we have made leaps and bounds in some areas and digressed in others. As time marches on each generation is faced with new challenges and each generation will come up with unique solutions. The advancement in technology often solves some environmental issues while creating new ones. For example, we have made cars more efficient and attainable, cured diseases, increased the quality of life across the board, and decreased the need for manual labor which lowers the stress, wear and tear on our workforce. But at the same time we have increased survival rates of children, increased the average life span, and facilitated an unprecedented population boom which means more cars on the road, less available fresh water and food (look to the recent famines in Africa, and even the droughts here in the states), and an overall greater pull on natural resources. Its a balancing act and we are certainly not tight rope walkers, but maybe one day things will level off. In the meantime i will continue to stock up on emergency rations, guns, and ammo for when it all comes crashing down.
p.s. please dont print this unless its on a brown paper bag
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