Anders Molin wrote:
I'm all for generalizing about Americans, and what the rest of the world think about them...
And many Americans are all for generalizing about the rest of the world since the rest of the world seems to thing that everything is America's fault. Or did I just generalize a bit too much? Eh, it works both ways.... Personally: 1. I ride a motorcycle to and from work all year round. Definitely NOT a fuel hog. 2. I don't use air conditioning at home, and at work it's controlled by the facilities twits (generally it's "heat on in the summer, heat off in the winter"). 3. I use my home computer for a PVR, everything else gets turned off and I yell at my adult kids when they leave the lights on any room in the house that they aren't currently occupying. 4. What does "earning renewable energy" really mean? As I understand it, you can "buy" credits for some foolish governmental bookkeeping that allows you to continue use non-renwable energy (fossil fuels for example). Pure nonsense. Either it's renewable or it's not. Wood, renewable, grain alcohol, renewable, hydro, renewable, solar, renewable. I live in the PNW so as long as we have wood, grain and rain, I use renewable energy. 5. I'm not a bleeding edge kinda guy, I have some gadgets but I've had them for years, and only buy new ones when either the old one breaks or I finally realize I really have to have that slicer/dicer that creates julienne fries. So do I meet your requirements of a "conscientious earth inhabitant" despite my American citizenship? Mike Poz