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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:19 PM Original message |
To the uncompromising environmentalists; How are you going save the planet? |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hard Extremist Image to Shed |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. While ideologues scream at each other; people are working on sustainble alternatives. |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
65. Agree with that.. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Corporate America removed localism. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Now that's positive. Providing solutions. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Spurs local economic growth which has a positive local ripple effect. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
62. NAFTA superhighway, the railroads, et al - - old infrastructure is still there |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. Good idea. Also encourages local economic growth. nt |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gonna keep starting threads until you "win" one, eh? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You're just pissy because you had the bad luck to encounter somebody who knows what they're talking |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I heard that cows caused global warming |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yeah, that hasn't been news for decades now. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. hehehehe |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. To your credit, I learned something from you |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. You "learned" an opinion you'd already expressed. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I said you win, Queen Gaia |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Read my blog to see how to harvest rain so you CAN walk on water |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's about it -- I don't lik teh green movement being falsely maligned, either |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. And look how far it's taken you? |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. A fanatic doesn't recognize his own ignorance |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Most of the time, extremists are wrong, |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. I for one am one of the OP's "extreme greens" I guess who has no problem with someone like you |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Who is this "you" I am supposed to be |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I guess I do have misconceptions |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Here's the problem. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That won't happen, but making it survive within strict regulatiosn would help alot |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. My local utility put in a solar farm* and I've been paying for a share, |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That is so cool! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. It must happen. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Okay. So what's the next step? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Only thing I know for sure |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Do you not even realize how insulting you were in that OP??? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Did I say they were green? No. I said they were taking steps. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. You cited them as as example -- they LIE about their "greenness" |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. With your holier than thou attitude, I'm not sure I want to read your blog. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I like how everyone who cares you on your 'tude is "holier than thou" |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
51. Hmm...I think you should read my blog |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Q: Do I have to have a blog to be part of The OGP? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. The problem with the greenwashing movement is that it's mostly bullshit. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Amen |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Exactly. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Basically yes |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. In that case, the simple answer is we are not going to save the planet. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Well, I ain't giving up. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. The true Clean, Renewable Energy systems are hidden in the Military Arsenal |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ongoing crusade to deprive everybody from living a modern life.? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Exactly -- you do what you can do |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I once asked for curbside compost pick-up at a city meeting |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. That was the point I was trying to make. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. We're shit out of luck and deep into triage. |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I was about to post this same graph. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
42. "Save the planet" is BS - Humans CAN'T destroy the planet. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Quibbling |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. The biosphere would be better off without us too. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I profoundly disagree. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. No, we mostly agree. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Meh, the *completely* uncompromising environmentalist would just.. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I tend to agree with you |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. The answers are coming soon....have paitience.... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
55. "rabid vegan-commando's thread" |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Grade A flamebait |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. seriously, ferocious, grrr!! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. That's a really nice post. I enjoy the biosphere we inherited as humans. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. I don't own a car, ride a bicycle everywhere, shop used clothes stores... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
61. I already walk, upgrading to greener, more efficient technologies, et al... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
66. "I'M" not going to save the planet. |
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