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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:26 AM Original message |
Do people REALLY want to change their lifestyles? |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. You mean give up their SUVs and Hummers and lavish 8,000 sq ft |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Define "change my lifestyle." n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Depends. Each person is different. |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. It costs money to change lifestyles. I desperately need a new |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Some changes cost money, some don't. |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I live in a 2 bedroom apt with my husband and step-son. We are |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Get a Yaris |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
42. ~smile |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. For your lamps, checkHome Depot or Costco. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Thanks!! |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. "want" has nothing to do with it . . . |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. So you want people to just quit their jobs or stop going to school? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. How does fuel efficiency solve anything? |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I pretty much agree with you... |
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Kickoutthejams23 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. So it's back to horses and wood burning stoves? |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Wow, interesting cartoon. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Good post. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Can I play too? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. We would have run out of food |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Oh great, here come the luddites... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Do you believe global warming is real? n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Yes, your point? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. clearly, technology can both hurt and help |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #26 |
49. That's where we disagree |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Why do we need to know anything about the ozone layer? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. First off, don't put words into my mouth. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. Meaningless Question: Its Not What People WANT that Counts |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. And people call ME a doomsayer! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. No, but presumably if we are to avoid certain environmental problems |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Excellent bumper sticker! |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. First they have to admit how much their lifestyle |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'd kill to keep my Tivo |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I don't give a damn about your Tivo. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. Everyone wants the world to be a better place, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Bingo. Thank you for responding! |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'd have to wonder... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. ... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Answers |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. must be a new doomsday video for sale, I guess the sales for the |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. I don't mean just peak oil, but if you think I'm a doomsayer, you're |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. I would go for better mass transportation and would change my life |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. kick |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not their own; everybody else's |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Except I am slowly working to change my lifestyle. Otherwise |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Maybe later |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. I do in some ways |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. YES! People are miserable. They want a sense of Community & Purpose |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. We may be forced to change |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Sadly, I agree. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Great post! I agree. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. I want to and I try ... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yes. |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
44. No they don't, look at all the home equity borrowing to maintain lifestyle |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
52. Not unless they are forced to. nt |
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