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The world is going to heck in a hamper, and there's nothing you nor I can do anything about it.

We live in a disposable society. Buy cheap sheets for your bed and blankets, after several years, if you don't like it, throw it out and buy a new set.

I heard that the price of gas is high enough in the States to change the economy. The thing is people are still ignorant enough to keep buying big cars that require frequent trips to the gas station, but instead of buying a smaller car, they'd rather skimp out on other things in order to fill up. Buying less clothes for example may put a retail sales help out of a job. You can quickly surmise how this has an adverse effect to the economy.

The thing is, we are over-privileged now. What is clean to people of less means is not clean to you or I. We are brainwashed to want to live in an utopian society of cleanliness and pristine sparkle. So we spend money on products that facilitates and expedites the process of making things clean.

I use Tilex Fresh Shower Daily Shower Cleaner. I spray it after a wash. I get the tiles, the shower unit on my wall, the tub, and especially the see-through glass shower doors.

Everything is beautiful I have to admit. More importantly, I don't have to spend the 15-20 minutes every weekend to scrub down my shower area. On the odd time that I can see a bit of soap scum, I will bring out the trusty Windex and a man-made micro-fibre cloth to wipe down the shower doors.

But last week, I stopped to think about how these cleaning products are made. They are made in a factory, using electricity and other resources. There're going to be pollutants and wastes that are generated from mass producing Tilex and Windex.

Then there's the garbage left after the spray has given up its ghost. The plastic bottles just don't disappear. I mean, yeah, they disappear into the ground at the local landfill, but they just won't disintegrate in our life time.

Look, this is nothing that you nor I don't know about. I'm only regurgitating all these "facts" because it's a good reminder to just how wasteful we are. I bet you most people wouldn't give up these little time savers because that's exactly what they are.

Even if we could, think of how many people would get laid off. If everyone boycotts any of the two products mentioned above, there'd be massive cuts for sure.

There are two many people on this earth now. The natural resources (including livable/breathable space) that God has entrusted is getting smaller each year, and it doesn't appear to be a linear deterioration either. That's the scary thing.

I guess all I'm trying to say is that in order to make a real difference in life, we must get everyone to buy in on change. Real change. Not just the odd bit of recycling, that's good I know, but we need to do more. Much more.

And I mean stuff like think about how many plastic bags do you really need? Is there a way you can use one or two less plates? Can you live with a visually dirty shower? Is it possible to try a smaller vehicle? Maintain it better so that you change cars less often? Can we learn to be better human beings by not doing any unnecessary harm to your environment?

I don't know. I really don't. I'm a hypocrite because I use a lot of artificial products and agents to clean my living space. I waste a lot of electricity to surf the web and download movies that I'll probably never watch. (This blog post will take me twenty minutes to type up I bet)

And on that note, I'm done writing.

....This post would not have been possible without the aid of online dictionaries. posted by losir at 9:38 PM