Quote:
Originally Posted by CDavidNeely
Greetings and Felicitations,
Actually, it is. It is a trend in American culture that we pretty much ignore. We, as a country, are the most wasteful collection on the planet. We waste food, we waste materials, we waste fuel and we waste energy. The majority of the things we waste are completely unnecessary.
> In 1960, per capita generation was 2.7 pounds per person while total waste generation was 88.1 million tons.
> In 1980 per capita generation rose to 3.7 pounds per day while total waste generation was 121 million tons.
> In 2000, the per capita generation of waste was 4.5 pounds per person per data, total waste generation was 232 million tons
Source
How much food is wasted each year for entertainment purposes?
How much water is wasted each year for entertainment purposes?
How much energy is wasted each year for entertainment purposes?
How many vehicles were destroyed last year to make TV and movies?
I do think this is a national tragedy.
...
Sincerely Yours,
C. David Neely |
Well, I would rather say, that the modern live style embrasses waste... and that is perhaps a tragedy.
Waste of food for entertainment purposes is quite old... but building inferiour homes just to get an few extra square meters of space and then spend decades of heating and cooling through the years and driving a overmotorized vehicle... those are the tragedies...
The clown throwing a cake is really old... That show is entertainment and IF it would actually explain how the molekular structure make that cool trick work, it would even be educational...