Posted: May 1st, 2008 | Author: Steve | Filed under: Cars | Tags: Business, Cars, efficiency, mazda, overconsumption, video | View Comments
When I first saw this video, I thought it was coming to me through one of the sustainability blogs that I am subscribed to. Turns out, it came through that constant stream of absurd and funny videos, BoingBoing.net, which just goes to show you just how absurd it really is…Check out this Wall Street Journal Online report of Mazda destroying over 4,000 brand-spanking-new cars, after the transport ship that they were on spent several weeks at a 60-degree list:
Posted: June 5th, 2007 | Author: Steve | Filed under: Capitalism, Sustainability | Tags: architecture, Capitalism, consumption, Design, overconsumption, Sustainability, wealh | View Comments
While some try to find ways to reduce their impact by changing lightbulbs, choosing better cars or using cloth bags, there are others of us on this planet who appear to be on a mission to single-handedly use up all the resources we’re trying to save via ridiculous consumption.
I had previously mused to some collegues about the potential impact of a single resident of my community, who owns this gigantic house, complete with Llamas and Emus. I had asked if it makes any sense for 100 people to conserve resources when one individual can so easily use up those resources himself. I certainly was not prepared for this news story, about the righest man in India, who is building himself a 60-story single-family house!
