Live Earth............More like clueless Celebs

[Giselle]

When I first saw ads for it, I asssumed that they were going to "greenify" it by planting a bunch of trees or banning plastic bags or travel on horseback or something like that. I don't know the details if they are or not. Wouldn't surprise me if they didnt. That's humanity for ya.

[crow_noir]

Oh, but isn't it such a pretty Band-Aid ?

When I first saw ads for it, I asssumed that they were going to "greenify" it by planting a bunch of trees or banning plastic bags or travel on horseback or something like that. I don't know the details if they are or not. Wouldn't surprise me if they didnt. That's humanity for ya.

[Lady's Human]

According to the article, they are offsetting their carbon use by supporting a forestry project in Mozambique.

Sorry, I don't buy it.

[wombat2u2004]

[QUOTE=Lady's Human]According to the article, they are offsetting their carbon use by supporting a forestry project in Mozambique.QUOTE]

What ???? They're a pack of idiots !!!!!
Wom

[smokey the elder]

Whatever happened to "Think globally, act locally!"? The grass roots level is where climate change has to happen, writing Congress, Parliament, or other governing body to force appropriate legislative change (carbon tax, carbon trading, *gasp* nuclear power, other alternative energy).

[Catsnclay]

*gasp* nuclear power

Hey!! Watch what you say about Nuclear Power......my husband working at our local plant puts food on our table, plus a lot of good things we can afford!

And besides, it is SO misunderstood! Would you rather get your electricity from a coal plant burning in your area???!!!


(wow, you guys got me on a roll today......I promise to step off the soapbox - now!!)

[Lady's Human]

CnC,

I think Smokey was being a tad sarcastic with the (gasp). I doubt it was serious. My only kvetch with nuclear power is all the BS politics involved with it.

[cassiesmom]

Nuclear Power is SO misunderstood! Would you rather get your electricity from a coal plant burning in your area???!!!

The first part - Nuclear power is misunderstood - I'll be the first to admit that I don't understand it as well as I should. I guess the nuclear part un-nerves me because when I think about nuclear anything, I wonder about toxicity. But there are nuclear medicine applications in health care that have changed the way patients are cared for. Illinois has nuclear power plants, but I don't know how much of the whole power supply comes from them. Just don't stand near me and say 'nuke-you-lar' like President Bush does - that drives me bananas. I want to raise my hand and tell him it's nooo - cleee - yar.

Coal? That raises more questions in my mind. Coal mining is still an industry that is fraught with danger and health risks for the people who do it. Although it's been done for decades I'm not sure it is getting safer than it used to be. So, if there was a way I could get power without having to ask people to work as coal miners - that would probably be good.

I've seen photos of those farms out West with the big windmills. Solar power was popular for awhile when I was in high school but it seems to have kind of faded into the background.

Edited to add: I don't know about every company but I know that in mine we have a lot more telephone conferences than we used to. When I first started we had people coming from other offices for meetings more than we do now. We do a lot more of those by phone and on-line.