George Carlin: Save the Planet

"People build homes on the slopes of beautiful Mount Kilauea and then they wonder why they have lava in their living-room."
---George Carlin

When we say "save the planet", we actually mean save us from ourselves. 

Of course, that doesn't mean we should pollute the environment, but rather, to live with nature. When we pollute, we are actually killing ourselves. What we have done, in the modern world, is to build cities that are unnatural. These cities, places we call home that we have built, are not sustainable, because it goes against nature. 

The earth is constantly evolving, changing. One day, these cities we have built will be abandoned. When natural resources such as earth, water, rivers, plants, trees, fauna, clean air, when they are polluted, or run out due to abuse, we will need to move to other places. Sometimes, it's because of natural disaster like earthquakes, floods, weather, and whole civilizations perish.

The part where George talks about plastics reminds me of the Selangor ruling that Saturday being no plastic bags day. Whoever came up with this, is an absolute moron. Yes. It is a stupid idea and it's an inconvenience. 

Here are 3 reasons why:

1. A few plastic bags won't make a difference. 

Compared to other more serious pollution like radioactive and chemical pollution by factories. Focus on enforcement of pollution from commercial activities instead! Lynas comes to mind... everyone's seen the circus with the DAP's Wong Tack.

2. Charging 20 sen for a bag is a ripoff. 

What kind of logic is there for retailers to charge their customer for bags? Why don't they ask the retailer to give a discount instead, if their customers bring their own bags? Why not give incentive instead of punishing the consumers?

3. What do shoppers do with those plastic bags? They are recycled.

They use it as garbage bags! The law says that garbage must be disposed in garbage bags! We would still need to buy plastic garbage bags anyway!

Arrogant. Self-righteous humans. "The planet is fine. The people are fcuked." - George Carlin