“WTH is a conservationalist?
It’s someone who likes to talk about conservation.”
There is a guy at work who claims to be studying environmental engineering. He said the same thing that he was a conservationalist. I said what is so hard about recyling stuff you don’t need anymore and making sure you turn the lights out when you leave a room? He said, its much more than that. He said what if there was oil found on your property, would you let them drill for it there. I said of course I would, sounds like a great way for me to make a lot of money. He looked really upset, and started talking about how “flames would be coming out of my facets, and it is stupiest thing I could do, and its irresponsible.” I said, I would use my profits to move somewhere else.
And maybe have your facets cleaned. ;)
I have hot and cold water facets.
Another facet of the same ol' same ol'.
He's obviously bought into the lies about fracking. His "study" has probably been limited to watching anti-frack movies.
Sounds like my Dad was the original conservationalist. I can still hear him saying "Turn off the dammed lights! I don't work for the power company!" every time I walk through a well-lit house, hitting the light switches.
And - to your point - when did common sense (turn off the lights, don't waste water, use it up, wear it out, etc etc etc) go from being "common sense" to "let me wrap myself in a greener-than-thou cloak of piousness".