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a lot of energy. Once solidified, they have to be shaped with chisels and chainsaws (yep chainsaws; do I have to say it one more time? 2-stroke, gas and oil burning chainsaws) into the form that the designer is looking for. Then back into the freezer to solidify it again. Large vehicles (sometimes refrigerated) are used for transport. After the party, or celebration. The sculptures are broken up and washed down a drain with wasted water. So lets check the tally: freezing twice, chainsaws, large refrigerated vehicles and wasted water. For what? I guess a person could argue for the celebration. So I guess they think that the momentary party is more important than the ecological impact- a view that many eco-proponents criticize every day.

Granite Counter tops- I do not know how many home improvement shows I have watched where home buyers make sure they are using recycling, composting and low flow toilets and bamboo floors, only to destroy and throw out granite countertops because they believe that their kitchen is out of date or the wrong color. Never mind that the earth had to be ravaged for the original slabs of granite, or that the stone can never be replaced, or that the earth is going to have to be assaulted once again for the new counter top. Give me a break.

Academy Awards- This one is easy, like shooting fish in a barrel- gas guzzling limos taking people that exemplify narcissism to a place where they can spend hours burning more electricity than they should have too to keep the auditorium warm because all of the women are grossly under-dressed, so they can see who is going to get 8 lb tin statues. Most tin is strip-mined. Are there any enviro-Hollywood types listening? They talk about the hideous danger to the earth, the ugly scars mining leaves, the way it destroys animal habitat, the way that erosion and sedimentation are drastically altered. Mining to many people in Hollywood is evil incarnate- unless they need to mine tin for the little statues that Hollywood hands out in their never-ending prom ceremony called the Academy Awards. I do not watch the awards. I do not care who shows up or who doesn't. I do not care what someone is wearing or not wearing. I don't care who is escorting whom. But people who spend a good amount of time during the year screaming about the fact that they care about the earth and animals and water and pollution, throw all that out the window on the night they want to see their lords and ladies honored. It is the epitome of hypocrisy.

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