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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Even if every American would do everything they could and all American manufacturers would do all they could and all emission control on cars would be effected, and all manufacturing emission controls would be put in place and we weren't allowed to buy products from countries who didn't follow those rules, we still have the rest of the world with lots of huge countries who won't. People will not stop driving cars or buying manufactured items.
It is like pouring sand down a rat hole or ****ing in the wind.
Then it becomes political. I hate when it becomes political. Then the small lies and the big lies are passed around and a lot of money is wasted on television ads and campaigns that will not change anyone's mind.
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I think of the story (whether true or apocryphal...) about a huge nor'easter that hit the Jersey shore, resulting in thousands and thousands of starfish being washed up from the Atlantic. A youngster was walking along the shore, picking them up and throwing them back into the ocean.
Someone passing by stopped and called to the child, "With thousands of starfish dying on the shore, do you really think what you're doing will make a difference?"
The youngster replied while flinging one back into the ocean, "It will to this one...."
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Back in the '80s we had solar panels installed on our roof and related equipment in the basement in the Northeast to produce our domestic hot water. By the time we had done our research, we had to do it quickly because of the killing of the 40% federal credit for any alternative energy use and research. (The state continued to offer 15%.) Because of the credits, the system paid for itself in about four years, meaning that even without the credits, it would have paid for itself in about eight. We used the system for 27 years, until we sold the house.
But equally important was the consideration of how much electricity we had NOT had to use to generate our hot water—and our electricity came from a coal-burning plant. Did our one home change the world? Likely not. Was it nonetheless worth doing? From our experience, definitely yes!