Monday, April 13, 2009
Response to "The Butterfly Effect and the Environment: How Tiny Actions Can Save the World" pg 656
I don't necessarily know why but it's hard for me to believe that a little butterfly flapping it's wings can cause a tornado somewhere else on earth. It may be possible ofcourse but just hard to imagine such a little thing can cause such a difference. I get the point though, if everyone did just something a little bit different in order to help the environment it could make a huge difference. However the solutions suggested in this essay are unrealistic to me. First of all cutting out bottled water may help, but there's no way on earth it would ever happen. Not everyone is going to carry a canteen everywhere with them if they need water and if someone is at the store and is thirsty and wants water then they buy a bottle of water. if they had to buy a canteen with water everytime they are at the store it would eb more expensive. Switching to fluorescent light bulbs is a little more realistic but still not everyone can afford to have every bulb be fluorescent since they are more expensive. Same with the LCD monitor, not everyone can afford to buy one of those. The most unrealistic solution to me is "quit your job." Do thye really expect every single human being to quit their jobs and start their own business to help save the earth? like seriously, that's not even possible. Some people are made to have their own businesses and are good at it, but not the whole world. Me myself would be terrible at running my own business because i am not a leader i'm a follower. So that is pointless to me, if they're going to propose solutions they should atleast be realistic ones.
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