Superior Lamp’s open letter to America: GREENER YET

Superior Lamp’s open letter to America:

GREENER YET

How green is green enough? I am assuming that you have made some attempt by now to “Go Green”. Maybe you no longer use plastic bags at the grocer; good move. Maybe you purchased a more fuel-efficient vehicle; also not a bad idea. You know the funny part about all this is that we are being encouraged to use things that are good for the environment and the additional benefit is that they all save us money. Saving money is a good thing, right?

Think about it; the greener we get, we are not only helping to save the planet but it also helps us save money at the same time. The only thing that plastic bags do is help us preserve the garbage we end up putting in them for hundreds of years. My garbage is just not that important to me.

The only thing that we have to change is our habits. I would have to find a place to keep my reusable canvas shopping bags. I would have to think about turning off the energy-saving lamp when I came out of a room. I would have to remember to combine shopping trips in order to save fuel. What do all these things have in common? We have to think about them. It always takes more thought to save than to spend, but that is how saving works, right?

If one positive thing comes out of the Gulf Spill, it is to give Americans another nudge as to why we have to be energy conscious. Digging holes in the ground to use toxic compounds to make our life better short-term is not a good idea. There is a cost to everything we do and a responsibility that comes along with every action we take. If we do not stop and take a serious look at the bad habits we have developed in the past 150 years, we are eventually going to need to speed up our space program…so we can find another planet with a like atmosphere and similar climate to screw up next. Oh, and by the way, Scottie is not ready to beam you up yet.

I am sure that each one of us can invest 5 minutes to take the next action we need to in order to get greener; think about it.

Listed below are some links that can help you get involved with ideas of more “Greening”:

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/back-basics/

http://www.howtogogreen.com/

http://www.thegreenguide.com/

Tom Mosher
Executive Staff