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It’s sustainability week, and if you have been occupied with carbon-footprints, recycling, organic food, cage-free eggs, farmers’ markets, alternative energy, and global warming, then you should get off your high Prius because the Swiss have put you to shame. Last April, the Swiss government advanced the Green Movement light-years beyond the realm of sound judgment by establishing protection for the dignity of plants. Yes, that’s right, Switzerland—a country run by adults—has granted the right of dignity to plants.The Monty-Pythonesque task of defining...
...this in perspective, a University of Chicago study concluded that an individual American can do more to reduce global warming by going vegetarian than by driving a Prius...
...Gore, a Prius driver, spoke at length on Wednesday about achieving energy independence. But one third of America’s fossil fuel consumption is used solely to raise animals for meat, according to the estimate of E, an environmental magazine...
Even more admirable is his attempt to get Hollywood to believe that the hybrid Toyota Prius was as hot as a Ferrari. Explains Bochner: "We just tried to position the Prius as the new sexy thing. It wasn't easy - making driving a smaller, more economic car hip was a task. So I'd just ask my friends, 'Do you love your children?' That was the linchpin in convincing them. I told them, 'The decision is yours, but the nation is watching what you want...
...Size Does Not Fit All As a 72-year-old working female, I am offended by Mike Murphy's caricature of Obama supporters [Sept. 1]. I bought a Prius because I have to drive 65 miles each way to work because jobs are scarce. I drink Syrah to dull the pain of the damage done by eight years of Bush and friends. Joni Woolf, ELLAVILLE...