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Originally Posted by Dollarmansteve
So environmental consciousness cannot exist mutually exclusive of green marketing? You're trying to point out an inconsistency, yet there isn't one.
If I buy a CF lightbulb that a) lasts longer than a filament bulb and b) saves me money, that's a little different that buying a prius. I never claimed to be "green" - I drive a car with a 5.7L engine for example - what I said what that making environmental choices that reduce energy use have a net positive effect on both the environment and your pocketbook. Neither of which have anything to do with global warming / climate change.
Global Warming has become a political term, and most people like things dumbed down as much as possible, they want to know the "package" they are dealing with when talking to someone. It becomes troublesome when a person can be skeptical of global warming and yet environmentally conscious, since most people just "buy-in" to the whole lot.
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i do see what you are saying now.
i also believe that the current green marketing trend is opposite of how you say, except for the fact that consumers need to be told what to buy and they do go buy it when they are told.
american car manufacturers were poised to go beyond 2010 with SUVs for instance, as a result of all the green speak, many marques have canceled plans for future SUV models, slowed/halted production on current ones and have shifted manufacturing AND marketing to address the new need for green that consumers have.
i see the hypocrisy, hell, i've started referring to my neighborchick as the single serving granola girl. she yaps about green shit while she's drinking assembly line green tea from a small plastic bottle.
