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So what did you do for Earth Day? #257841 04/23/09 01:38 AM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,333 Alpharetta, GA a401classic OP connoisseur OP a401classic connoisseur Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,333 Alpharetta, GA I kept my tach below 3000 RPM! Scott Scott My HT

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? a401classic #257842 04/23/09 01:41 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,840 Likes: 13 Iowa SirQuack shareholder in the making SirQuack shareholder in the making Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,840 Likes: 13 Iowa After the crappy day I had providing IT support today, I'm currently enjoying a cold beer and watching American Idle with the kids. I think it is Earth Week? M80s VP180 4xM22ow 4xM3ic EP600 2xEP350 AnthemAVM60 Outlaw7700 EmoA500 Epson5040UB FluanceRT85

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? SirQuack #257843 04/23/09 01:42 AM Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 6,833 The Peoples Republic of Il. W Wid axiomite Wid axiomite W Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 6,833 The Peoples Republic of Il. Not a damn thing different. Rick "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Wid #257846 04/23/09 02:03 AM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,877 Tulsa, Oklahoma terzaghi connoisseur terzaghi connoisseur Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,877 Tulsa, Oklahoma A bunch of people from my office went outside and walked around the building and picked up trash for an hour or so... I forgot about it and just kept on working. Too bad b/c it was a free hour to walk around outside on the clock! -David

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? terzaghi #257851 04/23/09 02:56 AM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 484 Maple Ridge, BC Kruncher devotee Kruncher devotee Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 484 Maple Ridge, BC I took a two hour + flight for a business trip and I'll fly back tomorrow. Somewhat offsets the Earth Day post I put on my site last week, though I think that I'm still ahead.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? terzaghi #257852 04/23/09 02:58 AM Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,467 danmagicman7 connoisseur danmagicman7 connoisseur Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,467 For every animal a vegetarian didn't eat, I ate three. M22s|VP100|QS4s|HSU STF2

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? danmagicman7 #257854 04/23/09 03:00 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,745 Likes: 17 western canada chesseroo axiomite chesseroo axiomite Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,745 Likes: 17 western canada  Originally Posted By: danmagicman7 For every animal a vegetarian didn't eat, I ate three. For every animal i didn't eat i needed to eat three more heads of lettuce to fill the void. I doubt that helps the earth either but i compost it like mad! "Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? chesseroo #257857 04/23/09 03:30 AM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 16,441 Felton, California pmbuko shareholder in the making pmbuko shareholder in the making Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 16,441 Felton, California I kissed the sky.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? pmbuko #257887 04/23/09 08:47 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,569 Nirvana grunt connoisseur grunt connoisseur Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,569 Nirvana Launched 2 aircraft that combined burned about 18,000 gallons of JP-8. 3M80 2M22 6QS8 2M2 1EP500 Sony BDP-S590 Panny-7000 Onkyo-3007 Carada-134 Xbox Buttkicker AS-EQ1

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? a401classic #257891 04/23/09 11:13 AM Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 678 Houston, Texas davidsch aficionado davidsch aficionado Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 678 Houston, Texas I took Bean-o before dinner.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? davidsch #257892 04/23/09 11:41 AM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,333 Alpharetta, GA a401classic OP connoisseur OP a401classic connoisseur Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,333 Alpharetta, GA  Originally Posted By: davidsch I took Bean-o before dinner. Gives new meaning to reducing one's carbon "foot"print Scott My HT

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? a401classic #257893 04/23/09 12:11 PM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,357 Sitting down somewhere Ya_basta connoisseur Ya_basta connoisseur Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,357 Sitting down somewhere Earth Day?? Makes you feel good doesn't it?? How about an Earth Life?? That's what I'm living!! We are all one, and an Earth Day is slowing us down. The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? a401classic #257933 04/23/09 05:30 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,270 Toronto/New York/parry Sound alan connoisseur alan connoisseur Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,270 Toronto/New York/parry Sound Didn't drive my car. Ate a vegetarian dinner (bland!) because a visiting friend is a vegetarian. Took public transit to the theater in the evening. Thought about whether I should buy a Honda Insight Hybrid, and whether the lithium batteries will crap out after five or fewer years, just like laptop batteries do (more like 3 years if you're lucky). Cheers, Alan Alan Lofft, Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Ya_basta #257941 04/23/09 05:46 PM Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,786 Canada fredk axiomite fredk axiomite Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,786 Canada I'm with the crazy guy in the wheelchair. What are you doing for the next 364 days? Fred ------- Blujays1: Spending Fred's money one bottle at a time, no two... Oh crap!

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Ya_basta #257942 04/23/09 05:55 PM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 16,441 Felton, California pmbuko shareholder in the making pmbuko shareholder in the making Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 16,441 Felton, California Do you charge your wheels with electricity from a green electric company?

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? pmbuko #257943 04/23/09 06:23 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,379 Likes: 7 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada bridgman axiomite bridgman axiomite Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,379 Likes: 7 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada We had cake. I don't understand this "think about the Earth one day of the year" idea. Then again, I don't really get the "turn your lights out for an hour before it gets dark" thing either. Last edited by bridgman; 04/23/09 06:25 PM. M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39 M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1 LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? bridgman #257948 04/23/09 07:48 PM Joined: May 2003 Posts: 18,044 NoVA Ken.C shareholder in the making Ken.C shareholder in the making Joined: May 2003 Posts: 18,044 NoVA Vegetarian certainly doesn't have to be bland! Vegan does. (also not true) I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Ken.C #257951 04/23/09 08:01 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,928 It's all about the location. Adrian axiomite Adrian axiomite Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,928 It's all about the location. I don't mind vegetarian meals sometimes...like a nice garden salad with black olives, roasted peppers, parmesian cheese, then sprinkled with a couple of barbecue chicken breasts... Half of communication is listening. You can't listen with your mouth.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Adrian #257953 04/23/09 08:20 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,379 Likes: 7 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada bridgman axiomite bridgman axiomite Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,379 Likes: 7 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Don't forget the bacon. Many countries consider bacon a vegetable. M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39 M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1 LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? bridgman #257955 04/23/09 08:25 PM Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 10,420 Calgary, Alberta J jakewash shareholder in the making jakewash shareholder in the making J Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 10,420 Calgary, Alberta If the meat you are eating gets it's life from eating grass/hay, etc., all the time, by one degree of seperation you could be considered a vegetarian. Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? jakewash #257957 04/23/09 09:10 PM Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,488 Likes: 9 Laval, Quebec, Canada EFalardeau connoisseur EFalardeau connoisseur Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,488 Likes: 9 Laval, Quebec, Canada That's better than six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. See Mojo's signature

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? jakewash #257958 04/23/09 09:37 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,333 Alpharetta, GA a401classic OP connoisseur OP a401classic connoisseur Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,333 Alpharetta, GA  Originally Posted By: jakewash If the meat you are eating gets it's life from eating grass/hay, etc., all the time, by one degree of seperation you could be considered a vegetarian. Since the grass is green, that makes the by-product (meat) green, too. Right? I know, I know - Thou shalt not kid thyself - (The 11th Commandment). Scott Scott My HT

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? pmbuko #257965 04/23/09 10:11 PM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,357 Sitting down somewhere Ya_basta connoisseur Ya_basta connoisseur Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,357 Sitting down somewhere  Originally Posted By: pmbuko Do you charge your wheels with electricity from a green electric company? Actually I do , my house is powered by bullfrog power! The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Ya_basta #257967 04/23/09 10:17 PM Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,467 danmagicman7 connoisseur danmagicman7 connoisseur Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,467  Originally Posted By: wheelz999  Originally Posted By: pmbuko Do you charge your wheels with electricity from a green electric company? Actually I do , my house is powered by bullfrog power! Natural gas? M22s|VP100|QS4s|HSU STF2

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? danmagicman7 #257977 04/23/09 11:34 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,379 Likes: 7 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada bridgman axiomite bridgman axiomite Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,379 Likes: 7 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Wind (20%) and low-impact hydro-electric (80%). I imagine the mix changes when it's real windy out http://www.bullfrogpower.com/clean/producers.cfm Last edited by bridgman; 04/23/09 11:35 PM. M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39 M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1 LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? danmagicman7 #257979 04/23/09 11:35 PM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,357 Sitting down somewhere Ya_basta connoisseur Ya_basta connoisseur Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,357 Sitting down somewhere  Originally Posted By: danmagicman7  Originally Posted By: wheelz999  Originally Posted By: pmbuko Do you charge your wheels with electricity from a green electric company? Actually I do , my house is powered by bullfrog power! Natural gas? You got me there, but I do have Trane's most efficient furnace (XV90), a HRV, and an instantaneous water heater. Edit-I thought you meant natural gas as opposed to electric baseboard Last edited by wheelz999; 04/23/09 11:37 PM. The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Ya_basta #258013 04/24/09 04:08 AM Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,467 danmagicman7 connoisseur danmagicman7 connoisseur Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,467  Originally Posted By: wheelz999 Edit-I thought you meant natural gas as opposed to electric baseboard You're more mature than I thought you were. Natural gas...bullfrogs...natural...gas...bullfrogs...croak... M22s|VP100|QS4s|HSU STF2

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? danmagicman7 #258027 04/24/09 07:40 AM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 374 StuntGibbon devotee StuntGibbon devotee Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 374 I spent a lot of the afternoon in traffic.. I guess i fail! haha

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? StuntGibbon #258037 04/24/09 01:09 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,349 Jacksonville, IL PeterChenoweth connoisseur PeterChenoweth connoisseur Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,349 Jacksonville, IL I bought a new weed whacker (string trimmer, for those technical folks) that's 'greener' than my old one. Yay! Oh, and I rode my motorcycle to work. 45mpg rather than my car's in-town 24mpg. Does that count for something? Last edited by PeterChenoweth; 04/24/09 01:10 PM. M80v2 | VP150v2 | QS8v2 SVS Pci+ 20-39 Emotiva UMC-1 & LPA-1 M22ti + T-Amp, in the Office

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? PeterChenoweth #258039 04/24/09 01:21 PM Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,471 Fredericksburg, Virginia medic8r axiomite medic8r axiomite Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,471 Fredericksburg, Virginia Traffic for me as well. Boring. Cool stuff on Bullfrog power! Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? medic8r #258055 04/24/09 03:40 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 556 Ashburn, VA JaimeG aficionado JaimeG aficionado Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 556 Ashburn, VA Earth is going to be just fine... it's the human race that needs to take care of itself if they want to carry on living on Earth. The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail. --Lindborg

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? danmagicman7 #258056 04/24/09 03:41 PM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,357 Sitting down somewhere Ya_basta connoisseur Ya_basta connoisseur Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,357 Sitting down somewhere  Originally Posted By: danmagicman7 You're more mature than I thought you were. Really? Thanks, I feel much better now. The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? medic8r #258057 04/24/09 03:43 PM Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,077 Likes: 7 Richland, WA, USA C CV Founder, Axiom Upgrade Club shareholder in the making CV Founder, Axiom Upgrade Club shareholder in the making C Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,077 Likes: 7 Richland, WA, USA I didn't do anything special for Earth Day, so it was about the same as any other holiday for me. I don't own an evil vehicle, though, if that counts for anything. It used to be the mark of a loser, but now I get as much mileage (ha ha) out of not driving as I can. I pretend it's a matter of conviction, not that I'd rather spend my money on HT stuff.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Ya_basta #258059 04/24/09 03:45 PM Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,077 Likes: 7 Richland, WA, USA C CV Founder, Axiom Upgrade Club shareholder in the making CV Founder, Axiom Upgrade Club shareholder in the making C Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,077 Likes: 7 Richland, WA, USA  Originally Posted By: wheelz999 Really? Thanks, I feel much better now. Hey, that was just Dan's clever way of saying you're Jack's contemporary.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? PeterChenoweth #258117 04/24/09 09:53 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,333 Alpharetta, GA a401classic OP connoisseur OP a401classic connoisseur Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,333 Alpharetta, GA  Originally Posted By: PeterChenoweth Oh, and I rode my motorcycle to work. 45mpg rather than my car's in-town 24mpg. Does that count for something? Absolutely. That's about the same percentage difference as me keeping the tach below 3000 RPM as opposed to below 6000 RPM. On my 54 mile round trip on a 340 HP V8 I figure I saved a good half gallon of petrol. Now then, when gas was $4/gal, I tried really hard to keep it below 2200 RPM. I was getting 22-23 MPG in a C300 with a HEMI. Scott Scott My HT

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? a401classic #258133 04/25/09 02:24 AM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 16,441 Felton, California pmbuko shareholder in the making pmbuko shareholder in the making Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 16,441 Felton, California You wouldn't necessarily think it, but motorcycles actually pollute far more than cars. The average motorcycle releases 10 times more pollutants into the air than the average car. So unless you're using 10 times less fuel than a car over a given distance, you'd actually do the Earth a bigger favor in your car.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? pmbuko #258135 04/25/09 02:28 AM Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,077 Likes: 7 Richland, WA, USA C CV Founder, Axiom Upgrade Club shareholder in the making CV Founder, Axiom Upgrade Club shareholder in the making C Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,077 Likes: 7 Richland, WA, USA First electric street motorcycle

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? CV #258136 04/25/09 02:37 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,928 It's all about the location. Adrian axiomite Adrian axiomite Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,928 It's all about the location. For every 'Ying' there is a 'Yang'. Half of communication is listening. You can't listen with your mouth.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? Adrian #258137 04/25/09 02:43 AM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 16,441 Felton, California pmbuko shareholder in the making pmbuko shareholder in the making Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 16,441 Felton, California There is no Ying (unless you're a rapper.)

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? pmbuko #258140 04/25/09 02:56 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,928 It's all about the location. Adrian axiomite Adrian axiomite Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,928 It's all about the location. Regarding pollution and motorcycles, I recall there was an article in the Toronto Star a few months ago and they made mention of the fact that they were really bad for pollutants, the worst I believe were those scooters...I think they said they were actually about 15 to 20 times worse than cars/trucks/suvs per mile mainly due to the fact(here anyway) that they weren't subject to the much more stringent requirements put on autos. Half of communication is listening. You can't listen with your mouth.

Re: So what did you do for Earth Day? jakewash #258423 04/27/09 04:29 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 6,955 PEI, Canada Murph axiomite Murph axiomite Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 6,955 PEI, Canada I was stuck at a conference all day. Didn't have a lot of options. However, I was glad to see that everything was on recycled paper, including the compostable packaging for the boxed lunches served during a seminar I attended. With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.