Explanation.

Okay. Whatever I ranted about yesterday had been forming for some time now, and perhaps that wasn't the best representation of my thoughts. What I meant to talk about was the mismatch between human indulgence and saving the environment.

The typical human being leaves a pretty big footprint on the planet, and that is making the environment suffer. That fact is a given. But people are now identifying areas where we can cut down on our usage of resources and tax nature a little less. The Star seems to be trying pretty hard with their coverage of celebrity environmental efforts and that 'make a pledge' campaign they have been running. First of all, if you are going to make a pledge to help, make it count. If all you are going to do is promise not to smoke on Sundays, then don't bother. Save that SMS money to pay your future oncologist. Or if you decided to wash your jogging shoes less often. Congratulations. You just announced to the world that you are using one bucket of water less every two weeks. And pledging not to do something that even a retard would know is wrong is not much of a pledge. Promising to switch off the lights when you leave the room and to turn off the tap when you are done in the shower is lame. Quoting Chris Rock, its like being proud that you never went to jail. You're not supposed to. The whole pledge thing is a pretty cool idea seeing that people can pick up ideas from there, but spare us the insignificant glory seekers.

Back to the point. People are willing to do something for the environment, but there comes a point where they draw the line. I suspect this mismatch is going to be a bit of a problem in the future. Point in case. Jeremy Clarkson thinks that global warming is bullshit because he likes cars. If people were less critical about the effects of gas guzzlers like his Gallardo have on the environment, he wouldn't even have an opinion on global warming. Clarkson never claimed to be concerned about the environment. He is quite unapologetic about his love for fast cars with bad mileage, and while that isn't really something to be proud of, at least he isn't hypocritical. What I truly have a problem with is people who preach environmentalism and does little things to prove their commitment, but goes home and has dinner on a dinner table made out of Amazonian hardwood. Now, what Clarkson can do now is look at how the people who are accusing him of clubbing baby seals and point out the stuff that they are doing to damage the environment. Chances are, he'd find a bundle of them to pick on. Maybe they are golfers, or maybe they fly first class all the time.

Vegans love using the environment as a way to make people go vegetarian. They will point out that their lifestyle is so much better because their carbon footprint is smaller. Right.

I'm all for saving the environment, and I do think that little gestures that will accumulate and make a difference. Just stop taking moral high ground every time you do it and stop picking on little lifestyle changes that some people aren't ready to make. They might be doing something else that you're not that makes them even greener than you are.