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During the 1950s and '60s, environmentalists were considered by many to be a somewhat fringe element -- tree huggers, flower children or nerds. Then, the Earth seemed so vast that it could absorb any detrimental effects of human activity. Today, we know different.

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)MilesAway
    MilesAway
    April 15, 2007, 5:55 p.m.

    Regardless of one's motivation, small individual changes can have huge collective impact. For example, if every American household replaced just one incandescent bulb with a compact fluorescent, it would save enough energy to light more than 2.5 million homes for a year and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of nearly 800,000 cars.

    THIS IS ONE OF MANY WAY HOW TO SAVE ENERGY.

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)MilesAway
      MilesAway
      April 15, 2007, 6:20 p.m.

      What happened? No comments on our own PLANET? Where are all these smart "neocons", "liberals", democrats"...?

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)KYRed
        KYRed
        April 15, 2007, 7:52 p.m.

        I'm doing my little part. I replaced two incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. I must say they make an ugly little yellow light.

        • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)DeltaX
          DeltaX
          April 15, 2007, 8:35 p.m.

          No one in the 1950s and 1960s was considered a "nerd." That word was invented in the 1970s by Henry Winkler and Ron Howard on the show "Happy Days."

          • Avg rating: (+2/-1 1)TreeHugginCommunist
            TreeHugginCommunist
            April 15, 2007, 9:27 p.m.

            SOme people feel powerless to effect global change in this aspect. Some just dont care. I felt so powerless when i realized the very life style I had, and mostly have to this day is the problem. Im a commuter, I live in the burbs, my neighborhood does not recycle, i cant afford a more effecient vehicle or a new house closer to the city. What could I do? Hell, i felt so helpless i was ready to give up and do landscaping. But I realized i wouldnt change anything in the world unless my voice and opinion was heard.

            I figured the earth was a better investment than what I could afford with monetary value--so i decided to invest what i had, my brain and my body, in an effort to change governmental, and societal views and regulations of the environment. I figured this would be a more effective aproach.

            That is why i have dedicated myself to the environmental movement, and dedicated myself to becoming an environmental lawyer.

            • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)amazed
              amazed
              April 15, 2007, 10:52 p.m.

              I couldn't read the article, but from the first few lines, the author must have been very young if they think that in the 60's no one thought we "could affect the planet". The first Earth Day was in April 1970 - and it was a BIG deal. Rivers were disgusting, the sky was often brownish -- even outside of cities, even the Sounds and ocean beaches were dirty. And people (I think it was mostly young people -- but I was one of them rather than old enough to be the establishment) started demanding that something be done. And pressure was brought to bear, and there was the Clean Air Act as well as other anti-polluting regulations passed. And it was a good thing -- because for not too much extra expenditure, great effects were realized. And the rivers stopped burning and the air became more breathable and people stopped using the ground as a giant garbage pail.

              • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Marlon74
                Marlon74
                April 16, 2007, 12:30 a.m.

                The Hell with Earth Day. Earth can go to hell.

                I'm gonna die anyways. Why leave anything good behind for a bunch of disrespectful feminists?

                • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)BoxMonkey
                  BoxMonkey
                  April 16, 2007, 6:01 a.m.

                  I liked the top ten list . You definitly crack me up . Good stuff .

                  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)crespi
                    crespi
                    April 16, 2007, 9:30 a.m.

                    If Marlon74 is not joking he must be a selfish Libertarian.

                    And DEADLYNIGHTSHADE will NEVER do anything Gore says so that's a theatrical lie...

                    Amazed seems to be on the right track but the methods curently being used to extract oil indicate the oil fields are getting played out (Denials by Bush and the New York Times notwithstanding.) That will even affect diesel. So we'll have to try "alternative" alternatives.

                    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)ghengisghan
                      ghengisghan
                      April 16, 2007, 10:06 a.m.

                      Im doing my part, I lowered the preasure in my tires and turned on every light in my house to celebrate.

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