Get Down To The Earth!

In response to Samantha Johnson’s post “Going Green”, I would like to add that we as a society are not taking initiatives to gather the crowd and focus on resolving this issue as efficiently as it can and must be done. If further neglected and or procrastinated the consequences that our future generation face will be devastating.

Before any issue possibly be considered imperative to respond to in a society, most of the time the question is what benefit one may receive for taking initiatives to act on resolution. As much as I’m in agreement of reducing our carbon footprints and saving energy, I have to disagree that we as society have even taken significant initiatives to draw more attention and /or show any short-term and long-term incentives to enforce “Go Green” acts. For instance, if plastic bags at a grocery store are still available at no cost what incentives do we get purchasing a re-usable cloth bag? To the date I still see more media advertising gas gushing trucks than the Hybrids or rechargeable battery operated cars. Not to mention that the cost to acquire a hybrid vehicle is inconveniently high priced than some of the new cars one can purchase for under $10K.

If giving away some coupon incentives to use cloth-bags at a grocery store or even purchasing hybrid or electric cars becomes affordable, our society will likely to be more engaged in “Go Green” acts and fostering eco-friendly system. Another way to strategically save trees is by actually using the electronic medium to process transactions in businesses and households. Utilize the Internet technology to send or receive receipts via email or to sign legal documents over secured encrypted databases than printing papers use electricity, trees, and improperly discarding toners in a land field.

Personally, I believe that there are far more complex issues that our society have faced and overcome before. A simple but yet very important issue such as reducing carbon footprints and changing our attitudes toward using renewable energy resources will be better pay off economically and environmentally. As much as we all talk about going green it is incumbent upon us to really act on it TODAY! It is our sole responsibility to adapt the eco-friendly environment today and get down to the earth!