Originally Posted by Ladyjanedoe
I don't think there's a thing wrong with caring about the earth and teaching our future generations to do so as well.
Just because there's no tangible reward for THIS generation doesn't mean there won't be one for future generations. I'm sad about the 'if it doesn't benefit ME than it's not worth it' generation. I suppose that's one reason this country is leaving such a horrible financial legacy to our kids...the 'let someone else fix it' mindset.
You can write off Gore and his pro environmental pals if you like but at it's core, the message of caring for anything we take for granted is a sound one.
I don't remember anyone saying she doesn't care about this earth....I hang out my clothes to dry (aren't solar dryers wonderful and gosh, cheap too). I have low-flush toilets (I used to have bricks or coffee cans in the tanks before we replaced perfectly good toilets) and only run my 2 year old dishwasher (first one I've ever owned and I'm 67 yrs old) once a week to save water. This is just a small part of what most of us do. I don't know if you can change the minds of the ME generation, I don't have much hope for the city bred ones but I'll back up the countrified ones to the hilt.
I don't know if you're aware of this but Gore and his environmental pals (EPA) is trying to outlaw carbon dioxide. The trees need it to live and if you stop supplying it, everything would DIE. I am so sick and tired of watching farms dry up for lack of water to save a little bitty fish that are surely the last ones on earth. I could go on and on and on about the abuse Gore and the EPA have thrust upon us. Actually I thought we were doing pretty darn good saving the planet from our little corner of the world. At least we don't throw human waste out the bedroom window onto the streets anymore.