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How did you celebrate it?

I cut down a couple of trees in my yard that were getting in the way when I mowed. Um, I shot a couple of squirrels that were bugging the crap out of me, maybe now they'll keep out of my eaves. Other than that I pretty much ignored it like I always do.

What about you?

I read this thread and lol'd. That is all. :p

I printed resumes on paper that may or may not have had recycled content (Don't know, don't much care) and then drove to businesses to apply for jobs. I didn't even know it was Urf Day until I turned the radio on.

Um.... I got my groceries in a paper bag at the grocery store because I need the bag for another use later. I reduced, reused, and recycled. Yay me.

*plans to buy an old Ford Bronco and rebuild a big block V8 to power it* mwahahahahaha...

Stood up and applauded when Obama unveiled his plan to harness wind and sea power!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/22/obama.energy/index.html
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Stood up and applauded when Obama unveiled his plan to harness wind and sea power!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/22/obama.energy/index.html
:salute:

If that works out, more power to us! That deserves its own thread methinks.

That deserves its own thread methinks.

Yea! Could'nt hurt.

Used just as much power as normal.

Stood up and applauded when Obama unveiled his plan to harness wind and sea power!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/22/obama.energy/index.html
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I could have written a TL;DR post on every way in which the president is wrong and misinformed on the subject of energy production. I could shot this proposal full of holes like every critic with a blog, radio show, podcast, tv show, opinion column, or magazine but what's the point? I don't want to write it and no one wants to read it. Everyone already falls into three categories: either you understand the monumental cost and inefficiency of this proposal, the amount of material and manpower it will consume, and that it will not be competitive without price controls (in other words it's the HMS Habakkuk vs DDEs); you're desperately trying to fellate the prez but can't get through the SS and his inner circle because they've got first dibs; or you're undecided because you've been living under a rock in a cave on Mars.

Also, it's not what this thread is really about, it's about what you did on Earth Day. Anyone go fishing? Work? School? What? What did you do on Earth Day or during Earth Week?

I could have written a TL;DR post on every way in which the president is wrong and misinformed on the subject of energy production. I could shot this proposal full of holes like every critic with a blog, radio show, podcast, tv show, opinion column, or magazine but what's the point? I don't want to write it and no one wants to read it. Everyone already falls into three categories: either you understand the monumental cost and inefficiency of this proposal, the amount of material and manpower it will consume, and that it will not be competitive without price controls (in other words it's the HMS Habakkuk vs DDEs); you're desperately trying to fellate the prez but can't get through the SS and his inner circle because they've got first dibs; or you're undecided because you've been living under a rock in a cave on Mars.?

Be fair though - it is better than "get gas from corn".

Also, it's not what this thread is really about, it's about what you did on Earth Day. Anyone go fishing? Work? School? What? What did you do on Earth Day or during Earth Week?

I had outdoor sex ;)

I had outdoor sex ;)

I didn't have sex! Therefore I did nothing to contribute to the increase in global population and minimized the impact humanity has on the earth!

mankind's dominion over nature is a lie.

mankind's collective ego is a symptom of species adolescence, that should it survive itself long enough, at some point it will outgrow.

I injected a squirrel with rabies and then let it loose into a guy's house, then waited outside with a scoped autocannon for him to come running out. Nothing like an explosive tank shell to the chest to teach a Johnson to pay their runners. I bet he slotted that missile real good.

(In other words, played a quick game of Shadowrun.)

I washed dishes by hand, using twice as much hot water as the dishwasher, but none of the electricity - I figure it's a wash.

I injected a squirrel with rabies and then let it loose into a guy's house, then waited outside with a scoped autocannon for him to come running out. Nothing like an explosive tank shell to the chest to teach a Johnson to pay their runners. I bet he slotted that missile real good.

(In other words, played a quick game of Shadowrun.)

Squirrels are resistant to rabies... I don't think they actually catch it, and it takes a long time for the disease to make an animal dangerous. I'd have just infiltrated his home and shot him since if you had a competent GM it wouldn't have worked :).

And a competent runner is friends with their fixer, so something like that should have never happened in the first place.

I never heard of it until I read this thread, so nowt.

Squirrels are resistant to rabies... I don't think they actually catch it, and it takes a long time for the disease to make an animal dangerous. I'd have just infiltrated his home and shot him since if you had a competent GM it wouldn't have worked :).

Actually, they can (www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-12-20-squirrel_x.htm) become infected with rabies. It's just very rare.

Besides, I was determined to be very patient... I just got lucky he came out as quickly as he did.

And a competent runner is friends with their fixer, so something like that should have never happened in the first place.

Not even the best fixer in the world sees through every deception.

It's earth week? Well, damn...

I'm drinking coffee out of a styrofoam cup, but it's fair-trade coffee, so maybe I'm karmically balanced, I don't know. Maybe I'll hug a bunny later, if I can find a Playboy Club.

I printed a 1,000 page book on the school printer. then realized i already had a copy of that book. Threw it away and printed another 1,000 page book.
Not only did I hurt the environment I didn't have to pay a dime doing it.

I didn't use any paper.

EDIT: Oops. I accidentally talked about something I did that would actually help us survive in our environment. I didn't realise this thread was about congratulating ourselves on how cool we are that we act in ignorance of the ecology that sustains us.

Not even the best fixer in the world sees through every deception.

No, but the good ones take a deposit up front :D

This Saturday I will celebrate the Earth by covering myself with moist earth. I'm playing Mud Volleyball at UCONN. Oozeball yay! I missed last year, but I've attended 6 of the last 7.

I didn't use any paper.

EDIT: Oops. I accidentally talked about something I did that would actually help us survive in our environment. I didn't realise this thread was about congratulating ourselves on how cool we are that we act in ignorance of the ecology that sustains us.

I have all my lights on, a TV, and a Computer.

Well erm...I'm using my parents electrcity instead of my own for the moment, so my own flat's power usage is down by half! Yeah I'm clutching at straws....golden, polluted, straws.

Well erm...I'm using my parents electrcity instead of my own for the moment, so my own flat's power usage is down by half! Yeah I'm clutching at straws....golden, polluted, straws.

Look at my answer, you're not the only one who is grasping at straws.

I didn't use any paper.

EDIT: Oops. I accidentally talked about something I did that would actually help us survive in our environment. I didn't realise this thread was about congratulating ourselves on how cool we are that we act in ignorance of the ecology that sustains us.

It's total jerkwadishness for nothing other than the feeling of being a jerkwad, and they even hurt themselves doing it. So childish...

I rode my bike to college. But then I'm always doing that.

It's total jerkwadishness for nothing other than the feeling of being a jerkwad, and they even hurt themselves doing it. So childish...

I rode my bike to college. But then I'm always doing that.
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/7448/hedonismbot800bis4hp.jpg

I try to live and let live a little. Maybe you'd be a bit more pleasent if you unclenched your ass every once in a great while.

I try to at least consider what I can do to lessen our impact on the enviroment. Better than some people...

I try to live and let live a little. Maybe you'd be a bit more pleasent if you unclenched your ass every once in a great while.

I wasn't talking about you, ego-man. I was talking about the others.

I wasn't talking about you, ego-man. I was talking about the others.
What's wrong with having a big ego. Is it because my name isn't Jim?

I had outdoor sex ;)

So did I.

...not with you, though, I don't think.

I left the lights on to do my bit to prevent transformers from catching fire (which can happen when too many idiots turn their lights off all at once).

Squirrels are resistant to rabies... I don't think they actually catch it, and it takes a long time for the disease to make an animal dangerous.

Squirrels can get rabies, but they rarely do, because an animal that size is unlikely to survive a bite from another animal. And the incubation period of rabies varies dramatically, depending on the location and severity of the bite.

So did I.

...not with you, though, I don't think.

*smiles knowingly*