Are you thinking about going green? Hybrid cars, solar panels, etc.? Why?
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yes because it will do good to the environment

and i dont want to die early! 17% 1 Vote

Hi GL, I believe this is something we should not only be thinking of but actively doing.
I embraced the whole idea of environmental living a few years ago and am still investigating ways to reduce my carbon footprint and that of my families even further.
We compost anything we can, we have a water barrel which stores rain water this is used for our vegetable plot ( organic of course). We recently installed a wind turbine to help generate electricity, this coupled with our solar panels provides us with the electricity we need.
Our house is heated using a Geo-Thermal Heating System.
As we grow our own fruit and veg we have very little need for the shops,esp. supermarkets.
We buy all our toiletries, flour, eggs and butter once a month from an organic green shop.
What annoys me most Gl is the Lip service payed to the whole area by our Government.( I am Irish)
We have elected Green Party members in our present Government. Unfortunately this has had no effect on their policy for the Environment. Anything they have introduced has only been a revenue gathering service.
For example, plastic grocery bags cost 23 cents.
We have to pay a environmental tax on all electrical goods this on top of VAT at 21%.
We are now obliged by law to recycle all our rubbish, fair enough. Our Council charges each household for the bags they need to sort their rubbish and guess what , these bags are PLASTIC. What a JOKE.
We also have to pay 385 euro each year for our refuse to be collected and 5 euro each time we put it out for collection, as I said a great way of making money.
I wrote recently to our Minister for the Environment( Green Party Member) and asked him what he intended to do about the companies who produce all this rubbish in the first place, G L I am talking about the amount of packaging on food. CRAZY!!!!!!
I also asked him if he intended to take VAT of such items as Solar Panels, Wind Turbines, Insulating Material etc.
Guess what??? No reply.
I will finish now as I could keep going for ever.
Before I go , one more thing. It is my belief that until our Governments take the whole concept of Environmental Living,
and Global warming seriously, nothing will change,except the lip service payed to such worthy issues, It will become more flowery.
Good luck my friend.
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I am planning on building a twenty room mansion just like Al Gore%26#039;s. I will then paint it green! He has two other homes but one is enough for me. 17% 1 Vote

naw. only the sheeple follow the blind. 0% 0 Votes