I was outside the city the other night when everyone was
at the harbour counting down for the Earth Hour. To me,
the streets looked just like the same as it was every day.
None of the shops or average people really gave a damn
about it. But man, at least they’re being honest to everyone.
I absolutely think that Earth Hour is a good thing to
show that you care 0.01% of the earth, especially
when all the big guys behind cooperates signs up
for the action and pretends that they saved the world.
I really love the government when they act like
they showed great support to the environment by
stopping their laser show for one night. What about
the next day, is the government going to give up
tourism and focus more on the environment? NO.
(source: Ming Pao)
Once in a while you always hear people talking about
saving the world for your next generation, but they
probably forgot how many plastic toys they brought
for their kids in Christmas. Did people ever thought
of how many polluted air generates in the air by all
these toy factories? Hell NO.
Did anyone thought of the environmental effect for
not driving an hour or smoking less a pack of cigarette
is far better than switching the lights for 1 hour.
Is everyone going to give up driving or smoking
because of the environment? The answer is NO again.
I truly hope that the Earth Hour can bring more attention
to every people, but you and i could probably guess that
most of us aren’t going to give up our own interest for
the earth. Instead we can try to switch the lights for 1 hour
or use less plastic bags to make ourself feel better and
hope that the earth can die slower. I rather admit that
I’m an asshole than being a hypocrite coz I won’t give up
my interest to focus everything on the environment.
If you switch the light for an hour and you smoke, don’t tell
me you care about the environment coz cigarette smoke
generates more than 50 cancer-causing chemicals, and at
least 250 chemicals that are either toxic or carcinogenic.
If you switch the light off for an hour and you own a car,
don’t tell me you care about the environment, coz you gave
someone a lung cancer every hour, and you gave 2 person
lung cancer by paying a hundred bucks more to get your
smog check passed.
If you switch the light off for an hour and you have a
cell phone, don’t tell me you care about the environment
coz all the radiation a cell phone produce is causing nerve
and brain damage not just to yourself but also to a lot of
other species and their habitat.
If you switch the light off for an hour and you reading this
blog with your computer, don’t tell me you care about the
environment, coz you and the other gazillion computer users
are generating heat every day to cook up the earth.
You simply think you cared the earth because you did
something that you thought was easy and everyone should
follow. You really need to wake up and realize that there’s
much more going on in this world that’s killing your planet.
Here’s the conclusion: If you feel that you did something
for the earth by switching off the light once in a year,
good for you. There are much more we can do but we didn’t
coz we’re a bunch of self-cantered human beings. So unless
everyone is willing to put their self interest aside,
we will see the green earth in photoshop only.
