Not-So-Earth-Friendly Tech (7)

The eco friendly flashlight you ballyhooed is a product that goes far in promise alone. Have you tried one? I did! If you find yourself in a situation where you need a light source and it's all you have, you will know what a low-tech item it really is. It just doesn't work very well at all.

I don't have to worry about this.. I can't afford to purchase one! Some days it pays to be poor!

250 Watts! Give me a break. Thats only a little more than a couple of light bulbs. Just for the record thats is consideratable less power than the T.V.'s of the 60's

Like most things today, most of us feel a sense of entitlement to use what 'WE WORK SO HARD FOR'. Unfortunately, it doesn't have anything to do with the brotherhood of man, or far-reaching thinking. ' I won't be around when it happens'.

After reading your "report" on gadgets and the ozone, I am not surprised to find that these (everybody has to have one) items are not sucking life out of our planet. I personally couldn't afford any of these items except a cell phone, which by the way I don't have. I do not like, nor need one. I find them highly annoying and impersonal. I do not like to know everything that is happening in a strangers life. People are crude and rude and have no respect for anyone within hearing zone. They curse, talk about highly personal and disgusting things in public. Are they really that needed?

Maybe even more critical is the amount of energy used by all our "instant on" apppliances, such as televisions, when they are turned "off", because they never really go off. They draw current all the time so they can instantly come on. Most people don't know this, and those that do don't usually unplug these appliances to save energy because then they lose their memorized settings. Perhaps some of these items could have small batteries that made it possible to retain the memory, so they could be truly turned "off".

How come when ever theres somehting on AOL that says something like check out these top ten earth killers they only list 7 to 9 and never ten? In this case its 7. And also why does the first one start with number 2 when thew first is clearly an introduction? AOL WHAT IS THIS BLASPEMY!!

I have the anwser....... Scrap all our tech Toys , running water , cars and electricity and go back to living in caves

What's the point of having a plasma TV??
My TV is about 10 years old and it works fine as it did when I got it and the picture quality is great. I would NEVER spend that much money for a television.

what about those millions of (try aol disks)that they send in the mail and force feed you when entering a store think aol has no right to speak out against my tv ass h les!!!

I drive an Audi. I use a cell phone. I have an Apple iPod. I use many blank discs. I am looking at a new computer w/Vista. I have a 42" plasma TV. Does that make me a horrible person?

Isn't it strange, we treat this planet, as if we had another one to go to.!!!????????#$%@#$

Technology has had the choice for decades to for cars that run things other than gasoline.
yet, these cars were being shot down...why...gee whiz...the gasoline moguls wouldn't be making money..let's continue to make them richer...so how about a carpool...put us at a disadvantage so these moguls can become richer still ( do you think THEY will carpool?)...don't want to step on any toes...Pollution...could have been under control years ago..but then the rich company lords wouldn't be as rich now, would they..so let's blame the average person, they're stupid and believe what we tell them. they will forget what we wouldn't let happen, so these "The Rich" could get richer at the expense of our planet...Look where we're at now!!!

Hey,Lance! If you're still stuck in the 60's then go back!

I think we all know the problems so where are the solutions. Good point about the AOL disks that are out in the millions. What about a hydrogen powered car? AOL why don't you guys throw in a billion or two for development?

I'm with anna. Cell phones are an unnecessary waste of resources, except for those with overblown egos who like to look "important" to others around them, and when the radiation form them finally drives away all of the bees and we have massive crop failure, maybe something will be done about them.

Widescreen plasma (or LCD) TV's are another waste. How long before they won't be good enough, when people will turn an entire wall into a video screen...then wonder why they're in debt up to their ears. For chrissakes, get your fat, lazy asses outdoors and ride a bike or something!

Blaming people and these products make me sick...we're not stupid...blame lies with the company heads and the government..not us!!!Government doesn't want to step on any rich toes, thus, allowing these products to be made and NOT allowing products to be made that would truly help. The ozone layer, I don't hear anyone blaming all the rockets that are going up in space through the ozone layer, jets with their exhaust spewed all over the sky, not to mentio diesel trucks, buses, etc that stink with exhaust. Let's blame an aerosol can in my house for that...etc, etc, etc..come people think..

I absolutely agree with Bodsferd. That's all I can say on the subject. You go Bodsferd!!

AOL reminds me of Chicken Little. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling". Iy'd cold here in the northeast, I WANT MY FAR SHARE OF GLOBAL WARMING. Al Gore said GLOBAL WARMING is here but I'm still freezing. I gonna burn me some CD's and see if I can get the temps up a bit. Maybe I'll buy a new computer and insist on insalling VISTA, if that's what it takes then let's do it! What ego's we have when we believe that we can distroy Mother Nature, and the planet. The very best we can do is to eradicat our selves from the planet. But this planet willl out survive us. Open your eyes you lemmings. Challange this liberal crap. Think!!

Hey Pamela: Perhaps the reason that some alternative fuels are not being used is because the Feds spent huge amounts of effort, time, and money destroying the production of alcohol from corn and sugar.
Only difference is it was called moonshine or white lightening rather than an alternative fuel source. Are they afraid we'll be sipping on our gas tanks?