Not Completely Sold

So, i'm not completely sold on the whole global warming idea. Who is to say what the temperature of our planet should be? With that being said, i do believe that we can start being less wasteful. I'm sitting here watching the Live Earth broadcast...hoping to catch a glimpse of the smashing pumpkins. I have yet to see the pumpkins, but i did get to see Roger Waters formerly of Pink Floyd. His voice has left him...but still neat to see the guy perform. Anyway...Live Earth is giving viewers great ways to waste less. I won't go into those details...you can check them out here: Live Earth.

However, i'm a bit annoyed at the way they organized some of this (thank you Al Gore). They go on an on about not wasting and cut back here and there, yet they have hundreds of tires painted different colors to make a map of the world...they are using this as a backdrop. There is also another backdrop made of painted plastic bottles. That seems wasteful to me. Now, i'm sure that all those recyclable materials will be recycled appropriately...but the question i have is: were those tires pulled out of ditches or did they come from the factory? The same with the water bottles? It just seems oxymoronic to me. Hey, is oxymoronic a real word? i like it!

Here's something else that bugs me...no one ever mentions smokers. Stop smoking and polluting my air. it's always about cars, light bulbs, one less sheet of toilet paper, etc. Imagine if all the millions of smokers stopped putting poison in the air...?? I'd prefer that to almost anything else right now.

Anyway...i'm not completely sold on global warming...but try to waste a little less. You'll save some money and feel good about it too...