You're an environmentally responsible individual, so you do your best to live greenly and leave a small carbon footprint. But making green decisions isn't always easy. Is it greener to walk, ride or bicycle or take the bus? Should you use traditional diapers or disposables? Should you use paper or plastic? Are you helping the environment when you plant a tree? Think you know the answers? Don't be so sure...you may not be as environmentally intelligent as you think.
Don't worry, RightKlik is here to help. Let's get to the heart of the matter. Environmental responsibility boils down to one thing: reducing your carbon footprint. In the U.S. we produce about 7.5 tons of carbon per human being per year. So what's good for the environment and what's bad? Glad you asked:
- Bad: Having children. Another kid, another 7.5 tons of carbon per year.
- Good: Abortions. Fewer kids, less carbon.
- Bad: Heterosexual marriage. An ill-conceived institution that leads to increased carbon production through human population growth.
- Good: Traffic accidents. Destroying carbon-belching automobiles and their human drivers simultaneously...what could be better?
- Bad: Health care. Longer life equates to more carbon emissions. Universal health care will be one of the biggest environmental tragedies of all time.
- Good: Hurricanes. Kills people, destroys their communities, and shuts down local economies...a big win for the environment.
Human beings are the number one source of man-made carbon emissions. Want to get serious about reducing carbon emissions? Drop dead! Literally. I'm not kidding.
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