Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, but washing and drying dishes by hand consumes less energy than a dishwasher.

Nothing you do or don’t do has any impact on the lifespan of this planet. 

True, but it impacts the health of the planet. Healthy planet, healthy flora and fauna.

Unhealthy planet, unhealthy flora and fauna.

Like I said, if enough of us do the smallest things in a positive direction, it lessens the impact.

@thecarpathian 👍

@audphile1 

+1 Too many people can't look at the big picture. You and @oberoniaomnia have hit on the world population issue. In the last 50 years, the world population has more than doubled. Do that again in the next 50 years and no amount of legislation is going to make any difference to the end result. The resources of the earth are finite. No getting around that. And mother earth will kick us out when we have exhausted those resources. 

Then there is the issue of energy consumption through data centers. They swamp anything that individuals do, and they are being built everywhere. I work for a power generating company. The company has agreed to take one of the nearly 1000 megawatt units off the grid and dedicate it to a data center in the immediate area. That is enough power for between half a million and a million homes. What is replacing that power on the grid? Windmills and solar power? What a joke that is. Should we have them? Until we have something better, they are a reasonable bridge. But to believe they are the answer is incredibly dumb.  

Am I saying that we should be wasteful? Absolutely not, even though some would jump to that conclusion based on a single statement. I do what I can to conserve within reason. 

I do what I can to conserve within reason. 

My sentiments exactly. 

@csmgolf I also hit on the population issue but I didn’t get the credits  I might've even been the first.

Jk. The issue with world population is it shows no sign of slowing down or coming to a halt. It will one day, either by choice or by nature. And nature won’t be pretty.

My opinion about the amplifiers being wasteful is even if we become the most responsibly users, it wouldn’t change a thing. Heck, if all amplifiers become 90% class D efficiency tomorrow. It still wouldn’t change any problem we have. Except a slightly higher energy bill.

Prove me wrong. Here’s an actual difference. Jail more criminals, and make criminals work. There’s no place on earth where you get shelter and food without working.