Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/20/2008 7:43:06 AM PDT by frankjr
More than four in 10 Tokyo residents -- 41.6 percent -- said they "don't want to sacrifice a convenient lifestyle to prevent global warming," according to the poll results published recently by Japanese advertising agency Hakuhodo.
In a list of 27 daily activities considered to counter global warming, from taking only short showers to participating in tree-planting activities, Tokyo residents only scored above average for five of them.
In particular, Tokyo dwellers came last when it comes to studying about global warming or preserving the environment.
However, the poll showed that nearly 90 percent of Tokyo residents feel threatened by global warming. They also came tops in responding that "environmental protection is more important than economic growth."
(Excerpt) Read more at green.yahoo.com ...
Sounds like the people in Manhattan and LA!
Do as I say not as I do!
How does taking a shorter shower stop Global Warming? The Earth is running out of water?
“How does taking a shorter shower stop Global Warming?”
If you divert the water from your shower to your lawn sprinklers, then you could cool off the grass thereby making the earth slightly cooler.
Of course Tokyo residents aren’t overly concerned about global warming. Global warming seems pretty silly compared to the threat posed by Godzilla.
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