With Gore’s goading, Oscars go green
“More stars arrived than ever before in environmentally friendly limousines, like plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars, hoping to educate Americans on alternatives to fossil fuels blamed for producing heat-trapping gases…”
When they are ready to go Deep Green:
“For a decade now, the image of Leonardo DiCaprio cruising in his hybrid Toyota Prius has defined the gold standard for environmentalism. These gas-sipping vehicles became a veritable symbol of the consumers’ power to strike a blow against global warming. Just think: a car that could cut your vehicle emissions in half – in a country responsible for 25% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Federal fuel economy standards languished in Congress, and average vehicle mileage dropped to its lowest level in decades, but the Prius showed people that another way is possible. Toyota could not import the cars fast enough to meet demand.
“Last year researchers at the University of Chicago took the Prius down a peg when they turned their attention to another gas guzzling consumer purchase. They noted that feeding animals for meat, dairy, and egg production requires growing some ten times as much crops as we’d need if we just ate pasta primavera, faux chicken nuggets, and other plant foods. On top of that, we have to transport the animals to slaughterhouses, slaughter them, refrigerate their carcasses, and distribute their flesh all across the country. Producing a calorie of meat protein means burning more than ten times as much fossil fuels–and spewing more than ten times as much heat-trapping carbon dioxide–as does a calorie of plant protein. The researchers found that, when it’s all added up, the average American does more to reduce global warming emissions by going vegetarian than by switching to a Prius…”
February 28, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Another kind of “green” Oscar was presented by Oceana to Masters of Making Mercury In our Environment – that’s right MOMMIE awards! Oceana presented MOMMIE awards which looked like life-sized gold Oscars – except that they were pregnant – to chlorine companies that have persisted in using outdated mercury emitting technology, even though mercury free technology is being used by 90% of the industry. Check out the MOMMIEs.
October 30, 2009 at 4:55 am
It is so great that Hollywood is setting the example by showing up in green limousines. If only more would follow their lead.