Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Environment - Rationalize this!
This shouldn't be a surprise to any of us.
The interesting part is that they rationalize that wasting energy in one area is somehow OK if they are "saving" it elsewhere.
Even more interesting is that they rarely get called out on it...
The interesting part is that they rationalize that wasting energy in one area is somehow OK if they are "saving" it elsewhere.
Even more interesting is that they rarely get called out on it...
In the U.K. Guardian, David Adam reports:
"Stewart Barr, of Exeter University, who led the research, said: "Green living is largely something of a myth. There is this middle class environmentalism where being green is part of the desired image. But another part of the desired image is to fly off skiing twice a year. And the carbon savings they make by not driving their kids to school will be obliterated by the pollution from their flights."
Some people even said they deserved such flights as a reward for their green efforts, he added."
