April 24, 2007
Serious people addressing serious problems
What's particularly amusing about Cheryl Crow's demand that we use one square of toilet paper per ... visit to the 'loo to save the forests, is her ignorance of the impact tree farming has had on deforestation.
The United States is home to more acres of old-growth forests than it has been since the early 18th century; trees are a renewable resource, and the fast-growing species used by the paper industry have essentially made old-growth forests unnecessary as a source of materials for T.P.
If you were in school during the '70s, you remember the newspaper recycling drives; I collected tons of old papers from the neighbors, to raise money for the Valley Jewish Community Center.
Thanks to tree farming, no one collects newspapers anymore; it's more expensive to recycle and turn yesterday's news into newsprint than it is to just harvest the latest crop of pine.
Of course, realizing that she's become a laughing stock, the stinky-fingered singer backpedalled frantically, reassuring us that it had all been a misunderstood joke.
Riiiiight.
Funny, I thought it was simply the latest example of a celebrity telling you and me how to live our lives, the sacrifices we -- but not they -- need to make for our own good.
Take a look at Crow's contractual demands for her concert appearances, including parking for her three tractor trailers, four buses and six cars -- not to mention the thousands of pollution spewing-cars that clog the roads driving to her performances.
Doesn't seem exactly Earth friendly.
What a hypocrite.
Posted by Mike Lief at April 24, 2007 11:14 PM
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Also ironic that women use twice as much toilet paper than men anyway. Maybe she can kill two birds with one stone and turn that idiotic dinner sleeve into a dual purpose mouth/ass wiping tool.
Posted by: Trickish Knave at April 25, 2007 01:27 PM