Sony to donate up to $10,000 in celebration of Earth Day

Kettle, allow me to introduce my good friend, the pot.

Whoa, I'm a willing media slave and have never said otherwise.

I used to work at the head office at Greenpeace Canada, and I agree, these groups sometimes do carry a huge surplus of money. I also learned, though, that oftentimes the surplus is deliberately held onto for big projects and things you can't predict that require immediate attention, like oil spills and Chernobyl. I agree that a lot of charities and lobby groups do hoard, but not all of them do it all of them time. I just take everything they say with a grain of salt.

I agree w/ you... You're absolutely correct, these stunts are bs. you should encourage ppl to volunteer, there's lots of organizations that that help the environment, animals, the poor, under insured , the elderly and just about any other cause you can dream of. I know the horror stories of the charities that take more money than they put out, and that actually happens, even in the religious sectors, and these companies like Sony, Walmart, and GM most likely will get a fat tax break for, doing these stunts, plus the extra revenue they'll get from the ppl "that don't actually do anything meaningful, but but man, they feel free good about themselves. Odds are if if weren't for those two factors most of these companies wouldn't give anything to charities.

As for the "debate" of global warmings truthfulness, I wont go into any details about the only "scientist" that are against it have been outed as being commissioned by the major oil companies. I wont even touch on the fact that the EPAs environmental report was censored by the Bush administration , and in place of the report was a "environmental policy" written by top Exxon Mobile executives. Because arguing global warming w/ someone who refuses to listen to differing opinions is only wasting our time.

I will however say this... weather or not global warming is real doesn't change the fact that some of this stuff doesn't hurt to do. What's it going to hurt anyone to recycle when it's free in most places. What's it going to hurt anyone to conserve electricity, or cut back on their gas usage during a recession? When obesity and type 2 diabetes are an epidemic (at least in the U.S.) whats it going to hurt to walk or ride your bike a little more often??

Back to my point though. You're absolutely right about these Lifetime Channel feel good gimmicks ducttapeBigSexy .

oh I got side tracked, a lot of the horror stories about ppl being in it for themselves are true, that is why we should be encouraging ppl to actually get involved (w/ what ever cause they feel is right) rather than just throw money at the problems and hope they go away. by getting involved it's easier to see if you're actually making a difference for the causes you support or if the only thing you're bettering are the ppl running the charities.... I'm done now....

How the hell is not using CFL's cheaper? Also, "real" light bulbs? Yeah, god I fucking hate using these new-fangled computers. I'm going back and using my real computer, the abacus.

Using CFL's saves me about 75 bucks a year, I never have replaced them, and they were like a few bucks more for a pack of them as opposed to regular light bulbs. How are you saving money using regular bulbs?

The cost of light bulbs is the same. Pay twice as much for a light bulb that lasts twice as long, or half as much for one that lasts half as long. The math is pretty much the same. It really depends on how often you want to buy light bulbs.

@melloncollie

Actually, there's (seriously) something to be said about abacuses. They never crash, never any updates that break existing functionality, they never get a virus, they're easy to use, don't require a power source - just because something is new doesn't necessary mean it's better.

Speaking of which, I keep hearing CFLs are so good for the environment because they cut down on carbon emissions - there's still a great debate over whether carbon emissions put out by humans have any substantial impact on the earth. No one, however, debates that the mercury in CFLs are dangerous - everyone agrees that they are. Does it really make sense to switch from a technology that may be an issue to a technology that's guaranteed to be an issue? (Sure, you can recycle CFLs, but how many people actually do that?)

@ducttapeBigSexy

Look, I admit carbon emissions is still up in the are as to whether that is the problem. What is a problem though is our rate of energy consumption. A CFL uses less energy and produces the same amount of light or more. To me, that's just smarter consumption. I don't believe in all of this "save the planet crap". This planet will continue to live and thrive without us. What I do believe is that we cannot sustain ourselves at the rate we're going. So anything to cut down on energy and water consumption is a good thing for our entire race. Whether you like it or not, the shit we use to power everything is finite, and the numbers almost up for the main source of our energy.

While I dont disagree with you.

I will say this.. I would rather the "Energy" ran out.. Considering our fuel is 90% crude oil / fossil fuels (oil, gas & coal), It would be a massive favour to the world if crude oil were to run out.

1. Less conflict in the world
2 _real_ co2 saving technology could be implemented such as nuclear fusion reactors...

It would force investment in newer energy sources and that would pretty much guarantee investment in renewable and/or greener technology.

planting trees also helps with top soil erosion not just co2 btw.

woow i ust love the comment system sometimes *pacepalm*

was supposed to be a response to CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw on page 1, but ya...