So, it’s Earth Day.  Okay.  So, um it’s not like democrats, environmentalists, and Hollywood stars don’t try to push the conservation/recycling bit on my every other day of the year.   Are my kids not subject to politically correct environmental reprogramming on all of their favorite shows on a daily basis?  It’s almost like some sort of crazy environmental cult has established itself as the new hip religion.  I personally think it’s more difficult to have faith in the doomsday claims brought about by scientists who study climate change than it is to have faith in Christ. But the fact still remains, being “green” is the one thing you can believe in and not get ridiculed by the mainstream media.  As a matter of fact, it seems almost as if you are ridiculed for not being “green”.  Yuck there’s that word.  The word that makes me think of not the environment, but money wasted.

Don’t get me wrong.  I think the Earth is great and all, and I want it to be a good place to live when my grandkids’ grandkids are around, but I don’t really see the point in being a martyr for the environment.  I can see that it is important to reduce waste.  I think that is something I can really believe in.  I, for one, think it would be great if we invested more energy into reducing the amounts of plastics used, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to go buy one of those $1 re-usable grocery bags!  Every time I see somebody with one of those, I automatically assume that their elevator doesn’t quite reach the top floor.  If I was to use those for our groceries when I went shopping for my family of 4, I would have to carry with me about $20 worth of those crappy little bags.  Bags with handles that you can’t tie, bags that you have to wash, bags that you have to keep up with.  I’m sorry, but it’s just not worth it to me.  I recycle.  I use those little plastic bags to put trash in sometimes.  So in a way, I’m reusing them, right? 

Moving on, I don’t understand why somebody would pay a premium for an electric car for any reason but to save money on gas.  And from what I’ve seen, you’d have to save a hefty chunk on gas to really make it worth your while.  I don’t like people who think they can tell me that I should walk or ride  bike to work.  If they want to walk or ride a bike to work, be my guest, but I live in Oklahoma, I am 12 miles away form work, and there isn’t  a bus that stops anywhere near my place of business.  Not to mention, if one did, it would probably take me a couple of hours to commute compared to my nice 20 minute drive.  I personally like owning and driving my full-size pickup, and my classic Chevy.  Both are V8’s and both are a heck of a lot of fun to drive.  I’m not looking forward to the day when some politician decides he wants to tell people like me that we can’t operate our vehicles that we choose because it’s not good for the environment.  This is America, and we have rights! 

I for one do not plan to sacrifice my own happiness for the sake of the environment, especially when the whole Global Warming crisis is nothing more than a ploy to get more of our hard earned tax dollars for research.  If you haven’t noticed, it seems that the temperatures world wide seem to be reaching record lows a lot of the time.  This phenomena has occurred so many time that you will no longer hear Global Warming mentioned.  No, the smoke-and-mirrors scientist are now calling it “Climatage”.  This stuff is all a bunch of bull.  I will recycle and conserve, when it makes fiscal sense for me to do so.  Make it easier for me, and I might just cooperate, but until then you can forget it.  I am sick and tired of seeing my favorite color green being mistreated.   Most of the time when I get a magazine, or an advertisement with the word “green” on it, I will promptly file it in the circular file, and maybe even in the one with the recycle symbol on it, if it happens to be the closest one.