Open call to Hollywood - do your part in promoting "green-ness"
When is the last time you saw a character on a major primetime TV show driving a hybrid? Chances are, they're pushing something much less fuel efficient. Take for example those fancy decked-out Hummers on CSI:Miami. Granted, maybe they need to have that Hummer-ness available for driving over alligators in the Everglades while chasing the bad guys, so I'll cut them some temporary slack. When the hybrid Tahoes come out, think they'll switch?
What about CFCs? You know, those little curly fluorescent lights that consume a mere 10% of the energy of a standard luminescent bulb and last 10 years, saving you an average of $37/bulb in energy and replacement costs? How about some focus on those in an episode of "Boston Legal"?
Or maybe something as simple as recyling... Instead of wadding up his report card, maybe Bart Simpson could recycle it before Homer finds out he flunked remedial grammar again?
Kudos to "My Name Is Earl" for their green-living episode last year, even if Christian Slater was portrayed as an extremist nutcase living in a house made of dung. At least MYIE had the guts to raise a little awareness for crying out loud.
Hollywood - you're all a bunch of liberals and creative types, so why not find a way to leverage your Great Power and take a little Responsiblity for waking America up to the fact that we're all doomed to swimming to work unless we do something?
And yes, I realize a 24 mph car chase between a hybrid cop car and a hybrid bad guy wouldn't be much fun to watch. Or would it?