fla-gypsy wrote:

"Green" is such an overhyped, mean nothing word, I don't even care.

bucks2 wrote:

When is green really green? Are we willing to talk about that nasty smokey 2 stroke chainsaw that cut down the tree and the smelly diesel loader that put the log on the truck that burned the fuel to take it to the mill? How about that nasty rainwater on that previously forested hillside that washed dirt and debris down into the creek and clogged it so the fish couldn't spawn anymore? Then the sawmill used electricity generated by that smelly polluting coal fired power plant to make the electricity to cut the log into lumber to build your house, make the cabinets in your motorhome, etc.

Is it green to use energy and dangerous chemicals to make batteries which are a disposal hazard to put in your electric car which plugs into the socket to recharge on electricity created in a smelly coal fired power plant that rapes the land leaving huge scars on the landscape to get the coal? Is that really green?

Or, should we get our power from hydroelectric dams that the fish can't get around? Or from nuclear plants that could malfunction and spread deadly radiation? Or is it better to drill into the earth disruspting the caribu/moose/favorite animal of choice to get natural gas to run the power plant?

No matter what you do, there is a group who believes it is wrong. Our eating and drinking habits are likewise muddled. Is coffee good or bad for you this week? How about butter, alcohol, nitrates and nitrites, caffiene, fat, mercury in fish or brain food? You see, no matter what you do some new study will put it in question.

For me, it's all about moderation. I'll drive places in my motorhome and enjoy our great country. I drive my smaller vehicle when practical, I use electricity moderately, I eat moderate amounts of all the foods I like. I enjoy the cherrywood cabinets in my motorhome and the 'dug out of the ground' marble countertops on my s&b house cabinets. I don't feel guilty about any of it.

If you choose to fly your private jet across the country to give a lecture on how everyone else should reduce their carbon footprint, well that's your choice. We all make our own decisions.

End of rant........