{"id":396,"date":"2009-04-23T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T18:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=396"},"modified":"2009-04-23T13:11:47","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T18:11:47","slug":"an-environmentalists-bad-day-with-a-long-shot-at-total-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2009\/an-environmentalists-bad-day-with-a-long-shot-at-total-redemption\/","title":{"rendered":"An environmentalist’s bad day, with a long shot at total redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight animals runnning around on your carpet for about a decade takes its toll. Andrea’s allergies have been acting up for years, likely synchronized with the buildup of dirt and dust deep within the carpet. So this week we are getting hardwoods installed in the entire house.
\nI have resisted for a while. It’s very costly (hello debt). And my inner environmentalist has been saying “can’t we just make do” (for far longer than reasonable, all things considered). The fact that the hardwood boxes are marked “Made in USA” doesn’t cover my guilt. Such conflict! So… here I am. I carted three vanfuls of carpet, padding, nails and carpet tack to the dump this week. *sigh*
\nIn other vaguely related news, I discovered a beautiful bunch of bunnies – by running over them with my electric mower – none were harmed! – but they scattered like the wind. I pulled them out from the A\/C ductwork and pushed them back into their burrow. I was determined to protect them, but… I had called our lawn guy to come mow, and he said to call him back when he was back in town. I feel like I spend half my life following up on things like that, but irony would have it that he was proactive, and came to cut the lawn on his own without a followup… mowing over the bunnies – again none were hurt! But when I heard the news, I was crestfallen and depressed. When I got home from work, I searched the yard and everything seemed okay. By now, the bunnies have grown too big for the burrow, but I’ve spotted them, and mom, around the yard, and hopefully the little guys will lead long happy lives. :>
\nSo, to sum up, I’m not completely satisfied with my environmental efforts lately. Life can be full of hard choices and challenges! But there may be an unbelievably strong light at the end of the tunnel – EGS<\/a>! I’ve recently become fascinated with the potential of this alternative energy source to solve all. our. problems. Seriously! We’ll see how it plays out, stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eight animals runnning around on your carpet for about a decade takes its toll. Andrea’s allergies have been acting up for years, likely synchronized with the buildup of dirt and dust deep within the carpet. So this week we are getting hardwoods installed in the entire house. I have resisted for a while. It’s very … Continue reading An environmentalist’s bad day, with a long shot at total redemption<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-issues","category-production"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-6o","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2002\/stain-experts\/","url_meta":{"origin":396,"position":0},"title":"Standard Dog Day","author":"m","date":"June 3, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"A picture is worth a thousand words... 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