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ORIGINAL: MistressLorelei

I am considered a tree hugger by many, and I do like Sheryl Crow.  While I can appreciate her concern, one square is a bit absurd, and I would not want the toilet paper police breaking down my door.  The concept is silly, BUT in her defense... there are likely thousands of people around the world who may heed her advice for life, and perhaps many thousands of trees may be saved thanks to her words.  Her thoughts were harmless to all of us, and may even help our trees as a result.  Go Sheryl!

I suggest buying bathroom tissue made with recycled paper... (No,  it's not recycled (used) toilet paper).

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

say there is a 911 this minute. you havr 5 minutes to grab ur junk and evacate 500 miles- and will never return to your home. what would u grab?

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ORIGINAL: Pulpsmack

It's idiocy like this that have sent me screaming in the opposite direction from the greens. I despise the deforestation that goes on in my country, but for the right reasons: because of the wildlife and natural spaces displaced and destroyed so we can have another crappy subdivision. I will be the first to admit that the ecosystems threatened are a treasure trove of potential medicines and knowledge for the benefit of humanity, but this air argument is pure horseshit.

Trees are responsible for producing the earth's oxygen about as much as Rosie O' Donnell's punch bowl of a head is responsible for keeping the moon orbiting around the earth: Both are significant enough to have an effect, but they are by no means the key ingredient. It's the phytoplankton that dwells on the surface of the ocean, which covers over 70% of the earth that's worth worrying about. That's our bread and butter.

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ORIGINAL: cyberdude611

"I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming. Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/21/AR2007042101385_pf.html

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...when the global warming warrior hits the road, her touring entourage (and equipment) travels in three tractor trailers, four buses, and six cars. Now that's a carbon footprint! Source:http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/scrow/scrow1.html  

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

I don't even know who she is and already I don't like her!
Is this like the "carbon footprint" thing?

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ORIGINAL: Zensee

Well I have looked high and low but I can't find the source for this report. All the articles refer to other articles which refer to previously referred to articles but none of them link to the alleged blog entry. Does anyone have such a link? Nothing in snopes yet.

In any case I tend to agree with selfbnd411 on this one - if Crow actually said this it was a tongue in cheek comment and not a serious proposal (people need to start taking their irony supplements again).


Z.


edited to add - Still looking for the source...