05-30-2014, 10:43 PM
My house isn't too big. My truck gets good gas mileage, it's 10 years old, and I'll drive it til it dies on me (mandatory smog checks here, so it's not over-emitting). I recycle and re-purpose most things.
None of which is a result of me being less of a motherfucker or more committed than anyone else -- I'm not greedy because greed isn't one of the sins required for me to meet my selfish needs/wants. I don't like the bother or cost of accumulating new stuff is all.
One thing that I need to be better about is water. I drink tap water, not bottled -- I don't know which is more literally conservative, but that's a drop in the bucket anyhow. And, I don't have a dishwasher -- we wash by hand which is probably more conservative. Short showers, too. BUT, it takes a lot of water to wash a load of laundry and I rarely have a full barrel when I start one up.
So, I could buy more towels to reduce the need for washing. But, then, is it greedy to have more than a few towels for just 2 people and an occasional overnight visitor? Probably, to some.
Another thing -- this more complacent motherfucker isn't helping the economy as much as you more greedy motherfuckers. The economy matters a whole lot, right now, always. The environment does too, though its slower erosion is less noticeable and has a lesser impact on quality of life (or perceived quality of life) in the right here and right now as compared to the immediate impacts of an erosion in commerce, trade, consumerism...
IDK. There are pros and cons to the kind of greedy laid out in the OP, IMO. Capitalism wouldn't exist without it -- of that I'm sure.
One related topic that's been on my mind lately is the latest scientific report on climate change -- and why the hell the subject is so political and partisan (here in the US, at least). It's shouldn't be a political hotbed, it should be a bi-partisan social concern, IMO. But, that's another thread, I think.
None of which is a result of me being less of a motherfucker or more committed than anyone else -- I'm not greedy because greed isn't one of the sins required for me to meet my selfish needs/wants. I don't like the bother or cost of accumulating new stuff is all.
One thing that I need to be better about is water. I drink tap water, not bottled -- I don't know which is more literally conservative, but that's a drop in the bucket anyhow. And, I don't have a dishwasher -- we wash by hand which is probably more conservative. Short showers, too. BUT, it takes a lot of water to wash a load of laundry and I rarely have a full barrel when I start one up.
So, I could buy more towels to reduce the need for washing. But, then, is it greedy to have more than a few towels for just 2 people and an occasional overnight visitor? Probably, to some.
Another thing -- this more complacent motherfucker isn't helping the economy as much as you more greedy motherfuckers. The economy matters a whole lot, right now, always. The environment does too, though its slower erosion is less noticeable and has a lesser impact on quality of life (or perceived quality of life) in the right here and right now as compared to the immediate impacts of an erosion in commerce, trade, consumerism...
IDK. There are pros and cons to the kind of greedy laid out in the OP, IMO. Capitalism wouldn't exist without it -- of that I'm sure.
One related topic that's been on my mind lately is the latest scientific report on climate change -- and why the hell the subject is so political and partisan (here in the US, at least). It's shouldn't be a political hotbed, it should be a bi-partisan social concern, IMO. But, that's another thread, I think.