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RobertEarl

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35. Solar power, maybe?

Reply to theboss (Reply #34)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:51 PM

Apr 2014

Strict conservation. Smokestack emissions cleaned up. Live in smaller houses. Drive less. End most airplane flights.

How's that for you? It's what real environmentally minded people have been saying for, oh, 50 years.

Then, on earth days, we get thanked. The other 364, we get ignored.

The US has been, and still is, the most per capita polluters the earth has ever seen.

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Fuck Earth Day [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2014 OP

He's right. And what a sad commentary is that. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2014 #1

yet another truth 2naSalit Apr 2014 #4

Just celebrate Fuck Day RandoLoodie Apr 2014 #2

Let's change it to Edward Abbey Day NightWatcher Apr 2014 #3

+1...!!!!! 2naSalit Apr 2014 #5

Ah, the antidote for Paul Warpy Apr 2014 #32

Everyday should be earth day RobertEarl Apr 2014 #6

Every day IS Earth Day jmondine Apr 2014 #17

+1! Louisiana1976 Apr 2014 #28

The real question is: How do you tell India and China to reverse their economic growth? theboss Apr 2014 #7

Be an example? RobertEarl Apr 2014 #11

US emissions have decreased over the past three years theboss Apr 2014 #12

They are following the US example RobertEarl Apr 2014 #14

So what do we do? theboss Apr 2014 #34

Solar power, maybe? RobertEarl Apr 2014 #35

:( Separation Apr 2014 #8

Happy Birthday, Separation! Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #15

April 22 is also National Jellybean Day (no, reallly), which has almost as much cultural impact. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #9

Every day is Earth Day. eom MohRokTah Apr 2014 #10

Hilarious how they shut the lights for 1 hour. JaneyVee Apr 2014 #13

K and Fuckin' R! n2doc Apr 2014 #16

Sounds like you are blaming the day itself... lame54 Apr 2014 #18

RIF WilliamPitt Apr 2014 #20

Sorry, Should have looked closer... lame54 Apr 2014 #21

Well... WilliamPitt Apr 2014 #22

Went back and read every word... lame54 Apr 2014 #25

Your short attention span WilliamPitt Apr 2014 #26

It is... lame54 Apr 2014 #27

"In some cases, to lay everything—everything—on the line" seveneyes Apr 2014 #19

shit. he's right. piratefish08 Apr 2014 #23

They should rename it "Earth Strong." joshcryer Apr 2014 #24

Let's keep it so we can teach our kids what trees were all about and shit like that. Democracyinkind Apr 2014 #29

That's how I've felt about the whole thing since 1970 Warpy Apr 2014 #30

But if we don't let all the criminal polluters polute, the economy will collapse! Corruption Inc Apr 2014 #31

Really? agbdf Apr 2014 #33

It's a depressing post. I would have wanted to see Many Here posting about "Earth Day" KoKo Apr 2014 #36