Green Dating

I just watched a bit on the Today Show about "going green." On "date night."

Apparently, saving the world just got easier.

Or did it?

I'm really no expert on the science or ethics of this new trend of replacing old materials and methods with new environmentally friendly, or "green," ones. And even though those who introduce all this new stuff seem to be on the right track, it really just seems almost trivial.

I want to save the planet from pollution, but some things that were said on the tube this morning didn't really make any sense. Well, to me that is.

First of all, if I go on a date with a girl that goes this crazy to save a piece of paper or two, I will probably just leave. A date is usually a laid back experience, unless you're paranoid and hire your roommate to tell you what to say via an earpiece. It was his idea after all.

One proposed idea was to print out tickets at home on your own printer, on recycled paper. What's the advantage of this? Apparently, you just save the theater the hassle, and you're stuck with a piece of paper that is seven times larger than the one they give you there at the movies. And I'm pretty sure that ticket is still recyclable, unless you think that "Bee Movie" ticket stub is going to be worth something in a few years.

I think that really you're just being green by saving the Earth from all the hot air your date would emit when she complains that you didn't buy the tickets earlier before the movie was sold out. Global warming is dangerous, boys and girls.

I try to be Earth friendly, I recycle, I conserve water, but I think that by using so much energy to conserve so little, some practices are best left undone until better means arrive.

Until then, if you go on a date, please shower. If it goes well, you can save twice as much water by showering with each other!