Sent Friday, October 17, 2008 in response to a comment Dad made about “Green” people. One of the family members asked what a “Green” person is.
This is me. I am reminded of one of the Supreme Court Justices who when asked to define pornography said to the effect that it’s hard to explain, but I know it when I see it.
“Green” people take used aluminum foil, wash it with hot soapy water so it can be recycled. Well, they wash all their trash using energy and clean water. “Green” people stuff their little hy-bred mini-car with all manner of used bottles, cans, and the aforementioned aluminum foil and haul the whole mess to the recycle center. From there, all this trash is carted around from place to place within the facility. It is then crushed and baled, and the bales are then hauled around from place to place with in the facility. Eventually, a fuel guzzling tractor trailer shows up. The baled trash is then loaded into the trailer and hauled who knows how far and unloaded at a smelting facility. The bales are then hauled around from place to place within the facility until they are finally sent to the smelters. Giant furnaces which use unfathomable amounts of energy turn the bales into a solid block of what ever material it happens to be. The solid blocks of material are hauled around from place to place within the facility until they are finally loaded on a fuel guzzling tractor trailer and hauled to a seaport somewhere. The blocks of material are moved from place to place around the facility until they are finally loaded onto a fuel guzzling ocean going cargo vessel. The cargo vessel finally arrives in China. The blocks are unloaded and transported to a factory somewhere. The blocks are then moved around from place to place within the facility until they are finally tossed into a fuel guzzling furnace and melted down. The molted metal or glass or whatever is then fashioned into toys which are then painted with lead paint and returned to us. The “Green” person then takes the dangerous lead paint covered toys to the recycle center where the whole process starts over again.
You know “Green” people when you see them. I think that most of the time, the friendliest thing that you can do for good old Mother Earth is bury the trash in a good old land fill. But hey, that’s just me.
Tags: Environment, green, land fill, recycle
