Question by jessielee887: What’s the big problem with green living?
So I’m wondering why there is such a stigma hanging around the concept of “green living” mostly in reference to older generations who don’t like the whole “green” movement. In many situations natural materials prove to be more efficient and CHEAPER! For example, energy saving light bulbs, using hay insulation in houses, solar panels.. I just want some intellectual discussion… are most people too set in their ways or is it the cost scare?
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Answer by Nightwind
Living “green” in itself isn’t a problem, but when you push through legislation that forces people to make unsensible changes ? When you have people out there lying about supposed “green” initiatives and products ? Or putting the whole agenda / movement ahead of people to the point that you raise their cost of living and mess up their personal finances ?
For instance, the CFL might save energy, but congress attached a rider on the energy bill that makes it mandatory to use as of 2012. These bulbs don’t even work in dimmers and any medical unit will shrug at you if you ask them how to treat mercury vapor inhalation.
How about that Prius…..nice car, it might even be popular, but the truth is that its “life time” pollution created is about the same as a regular car. So its more of a show off vehicle giving yuppies and those that think they are sophisticated the right to brag…..when in truth they are doing little if anything for the enviroment.
You can save energy, which isn’t a bad idea…but ask yourself why is it being stressed so much. The fact is, if they can get people to reduce the lifestyle they live, they can resort to unproven renewable energy which just can’t compete with the power output of gas and oil.
How much wind power has contributed to the nation ? 1% at best ? Yet its been researched and had tons of money poured down that hole for decades. And in the end there are still medical issues regarding the transmission lines, the need for real estate to build on and lets face it, wind farms look like hell. Why else does the North East have opposition like from Ted Kennedy and other prominent people so opposed to it. They do’nt want to see them on the landscape.
So go green if you want, but you might want to look to the UK, who has country wide pretty much gone “green” and now they are angry , because after years of swallowing the “go green” strategy, they haven’t seen any changes, there have been nothing but increased cost of living and from their perspective, a waste in tax money, not to mention the over involvement of a socialist government to force change and interfere with people’s lives.
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