Photo credit, Nicole Bengiveno for The New York Times.Today, the New York Times brought you the No Impact Family in lower Manhattan.
The No Impact Family is a new breed of post-Gore Environmentalists with a healthy disdain for global warming, consumerism and toilet paper. When I read that toilet paper bit, I know they are serious as their clean ass is on the line.
The No Impact Man, like most other men, has a blog, and unlike most other men, has a book deal and documentary to chronicle his No Impact living.
The Year Without Toilet Paper by Penelope Green
No Impact Man Blog.
I am a sort of no-impact man too. Two weeks ago, I bot a 1500cc Toyota Prius. But when it comes to wiping my ass in the toilet, I am not green at all. But I recycle eagerly. And my electricity bill is about hkd 180 a month, a lot greener than Gore's rumoured hkd 10k consumption.
ReplyDeleteVincent
Is it a hybrid? I think it is. Here we recycle plastic, metal, papers.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is.
ReplyDeletevincent, I can help you to spend your money, HK$180 a month electricity bill, it's amazing. I pay over HK$1500 - 200 every 2 months
ReplyDeleteI can't do without toilet paper, guys. Newspapers are quite a good substitute, just in case.
ReplyDeleteIf I can afford it, the new environmentally-friendly diesel VW BlueMotion Polo is a good option, too, registering 60.3 US mpg.
NYT has 3 html page on the no impact man living, but it's definitely the toilet paper bit that caught the fancy of its readers.
ReplyDeleteSid, you sounded very convincing, got to be some personal experience, eh? Gosh ....
Hybrid is promising.
Sadly, yes.
ReplyDeletewp2007 et al,
ReplyDeleteThe key is not to turn on your airconditioner in winter. Last night after a workout, I took my first cold shower in the new year. It felt great. Anyway, my mom told me when she was a kid, she used a rag to wipe her ass and every time or after some time, her mom would clean it up for further use. I guess this no impact trait just runs in the family.
Vincent
In my mom's native hamlet, everyone used bamboo scrapers taken from bamboo chicken cages. The mechanism was to remove by scraping.
ReplyDeleteair-conditioned bed room is the only comfort in my bed room, particularly for a married man without sex. I don't think I ask for too much
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