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Rich Politicians Want You Going Green, Just Not Themselves

by Sam Younnokis
February 23, 2019, 1:15 PM
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cartoon green new dealOne thing positive I’ll say for Cory Booker: He has the courage of his vegan convictions.  Being vegan probably gets him some “green” points, too, and he has done it without government forcing him to make this choice.

It got me thinking about what other aspects of “going green” might be doable without government intervention.

For example, there’s no law saying you have to eat meat (or preventing you), so you can choose to be vegan like Sen. Booker.  Or you can choose to go him one better and eat raw food only.

You’ll save a lot of energy by not cooking!  And you can shop every day or so and turn off your refrigerator and freezer.  Raw vegetables don’t need cooking and shouldn’t need to be kept cool if eaten within a day.

Now, a raw food diet doesn’t require that you be vegan, as you can eat raw fish.  Sushi may contain cooked ingredients, so stick to sashimi.  There may be some health risks, so be careful. The Inuit manage somehow. Don’t worry about overfishing. You can always give up fish later if they run out.

Now that you’ve turned off the stove and fridge and unplugged them, where else can we save energy? How about cutting off the heat and air conditioning? We need to be careful to avoid burst pipes in the winter, but you can set the thermostat to 50 (or whatever the lowest number is on the thermostat, not the temperature below which pipes freeze in the winter).

Wear sweaters and thick fleece pants.  It’ll be warmer indoors than outside, and you survive outside in winter, with a heavy coat, so wear that coat inside.  Actually, 50 isn’t so bad.

In the summer, leave the A.C. off.  Those Phoenix temps of 100 degrees and over probably won’t kill you, unless you’re very old or very young.  It won’t help your mood, but you do want to save the planet, don’t you?

Now about water usage.  Buy a couple of five-gallon buckets and a plastic toilet seat.  Eliminate the water used for flushing.  What do you do with the waste?  Since you’re a raw food vegetarian, you might as well start growing your own food.

Then set up a composting heap for the waste, and use the compost as a growing medium.  It may be illegal to put such compost on your plants, but the bacteria etc. are ones you already have.  And you can do this even if you live in an apartment.

You can do sponge baths instead of soaking or showers.  Cut your hair if it’s long, and one of those buzz cuts will be easy maintenance, too.

Hook up a bike generator to power your laptop.  Get solar cells to charge your cell phone.  Sell your flat-screen television — nothing on worth watching anyway.

Ditto the other electronics — although, if you feel energetic, bike generators and solar cells can be used for other things as well.

Get a lamp that charges in the sunshine, or go to bed early, at sundown.  It’s not as if you’ll be up late watching TV or surfing the net.

I wonder how many of these Sandy O is doing.  Or Al Gore.  We have the technology, so why aren’t they using it?  Green for thee, not for me.

Next time someone says the world is ending and we have to go green, offer him some of the suggestions in this article.  He may turn green instead of going green.

I have a sudden craving for a bacon cheeseburger.

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Comments 9

  1. Russel Johnson says:
    7 years ago

    The biggest fools of the “climate change” movement are the rank and file soldiers. Al Gore and the like are simply defecating on these people hoping to be the ruling class when they start to exterminate the unbelievers. No renewables are not the answer, using them to “stop climate change” promises failure world wide.

    Reply
  2. Spurwing Plover says:
    7 years ago

    As usial they think they have special privlages which makes them oh so better then the rest of us lowly birds that sit lower on the roost these arrougant pompious old Peacocks

    Reply
  3. Sonnyhill says:
    7 years ago

    Robert Burns asked that ” God give us the gift to see ourselves as others see us “.
    Implied in that quote is that one cares how he looks. The Socialists obviously don’t. They’re mooning us ,telling us to kiss it.

    Reply
  4. David Lewis says:
    7 years ago

    This article was light hearted, but the title really says it. Some of the strongest advocates of the climate change agenda have huge emission foot prints in comparison to the common family. For a long time I put this off to the elitist mentality. They consider themselves as if they were royalty with special privileges for large emissions. This is probably true but another possible explanation occurred to me. These elite don’t believe in the climate change that they preach. They are in it for power and money, so why live a life style that limits emissions?

    I have been in leadership roles in the military, industry, and as a father. By far the most effective leadership method is to lead by example. I guess it is too much to expect these elite to practice good leadership. They are not following even the very basic principles of science.

    The article talks about food options and how there are no laws forcing certain choices. That isn’t the issue with the climate change movement. The issue is forcing us out of our cars, forcing high bills for unreliable energy, forcing inadequate heating and air condition, living in a society with high unemployment, expensive food, and much more.

    For myself, turning down the thermostat and wearing heavy clothing isn’t an option. I am still acclimated to California climate from when I lived there. I really don’t like wearing clothes and often don’t in the privacy of our own home.

    Reply
  5. Spurwing Plover says:
    7 years ago

    Just because he is a vegan Cory Booker don,t have the right to force everybody in America to go Vegan the facts are Genghis Khan,Adolph Hitler,Pol Pot and Charles Manson were all Vegans and i live in a mostly agriculteral area and Livestock Farmers is still a way of life for many we can all go vegan just because of some bald headed bean-brain like Cory Booker is stuck on Stupid

    Reply
  6. Alan Stewart says:
    7 years ago

    The worst idea is the thermo turndown. Means you’ll have to spend a lot of time in the sack with your significant other. Oh, no, the ‘horizonte’ which means swollen bellies for mama. Of course that will lead to overpopulation which the Enviros are dead set again. Oh, to hell with it all. I’m going to turn up the thermostat, go to the liquor store and have fun for the 12 years AOC has given us.
    Cheers all

    Reply
    • Sonnyhill says:
      7 years ago

      True! I remember an eastern USA power failure in the late 60’s led to a baby boom 9 months later.

      Reply
  7. Sonnyhill says:
    7 years ago

    Is there a test, let’s say a breathalyser or urinalysis , for meat? Just wondering. Politicians claim all kinds of things.

    Reply
    • R P Desborough says:
      7 years ago

      A sudden craving for a bacon cheeseburger? Thing again!
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_HLVYN37s

      Reply

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