TH Forums Highlights: Vegans in Hummers, The Hippie Question and More
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 06.28.07
While older threads, like the one about why others don't perceive the problem, are still going strong, there's some great discussion happening over at TreeHugger Forums. If you haven't already, you can register for free, log in and add your two cents. Some highlights are below...
 | 1) User JoshuaOshua postulates that "vegans in Hummers are more green than meat-eaters in hybrids." This argument stems from a recent United Nations report that found that raising animals for food is responsible for more greenhouse gases than all vehicles in the world combined. |
| 2) User VTEN-DIESEL was recently called a barbarian for questioning that global warming is occurring. "So, here I am, on this discussion board, trying to drum up some discussion on environmentalism or global warming to see if anyone out there has any real facts on the issue or are all treehuggers out there just over emotional? I can be convinced. I just need facts. So far, I have found very few." Can anyone help? |
 | 3) Forum user Collin McConville is perturbed that the environmentalist = hippie stereotype is still widely applied to those of us who give a damn about the planet. The question: "when will all the people against environmentalists see that we aren't all a bunch of pot smoking, treehugging hippies"? Thoughts? More good discussion after the jump... |
| 4) royalquetzal is moving on up, out from under the parents' roof and into an apartment for the first time, and wants to make it as green as possible. "It's sort of hard for me to do many of the tips to green a home since it's not really mine to physically change. So I'm going to have power strips to the entertainment equipment to flip off during work and at night", plus a few other green plans; any more green tips for the green renter? |
 | 5) Lastly, user Scott1963 goes on a bit of a rant about population: "The real problem is way too many people on this planet earth!!!! Inless [sic] more couples start going childless, we will always have this problem. Everyone thinks they are the only ones on this "f"in planet!" Jeepers...what can we do about this? User MoonGlue kicks in a fun comment: "i am adopted. 100% recycled human" and 37 more responses await. |
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Vegetarians in Hummers are better, eh? I have one word for you: BULLLLLSHIT.
The post itself says that not consuming meat will save about 1.5 tons of CO2 per year.
In comparison, driving a Prius instead of a Hummer H3 will save 7.5 tons of CO2 per year... SEVEN POINT 5. That's 5 times as much of an impact.
And that's just the H3, you can imagine the even bigger savings by switching from an H1 or H2.
**Author's response**
Hi Damon,
Thanks for your comments; I encourage you to share them with everyone over at the forums -- it's a lot easier to start and continue a conversation there.
-CD
Like we don't have enough vegetarian vs meat eating arguments all over the web as it is. Yes, arguments. Discussions would be nice, or even debates, but alas these are not to be found on forums about this subject.
Sure, we've exhumed billions of tons of fossil carbon and converted it to a gas that lasts in the stratosphere for almost a century and there's a debate as to whether it has any effect.
The hippie label works until someone comes up with a more vilifying term than one conjured up almost 40 years ago. Anyone notice that the only cultural change sustained from the hippie movement is organic food? We are what we eat.
"(T)he only cultural change sustained from the hippie movement is organic food?"
Huh?
Don't know which planet you're on man. ;o)
Lots of us hung on to a lot of the good stuff. We didn't have to reinvent the wheel when it came to caring about the planet and showing concern for others.
Too bad so many others drifted from the path.
Peace. Out.