一封海外來信
上星期﹐收到一封海外來信﹐回應博客裡的文章﹐內容摘錄如下。文中教人欣賞的﹐是此君的綠色生活態度﹐不願捨棄舊的電腦、TDMA 制式手機、儘量避免出外用膳、駕駛低耗油量的車子等。香港的中產有幾人做得到？
由自己做起﹐不為自己找藉口。希望﹐這位矽谷 IT 人的身體力行能為大家帶來一些啟示。
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I am also feeling the pain myself.
Currently I am a software engineer in Silicon valley california , USA. I feel so bad that only a small group of people in San Francisco are “green”. People around me always change computer gears to catch up with the technology. I am trying to do the part myself, I am still using the old gears until the company force me to change it. Just like this week, my old phone is TDMA, and the signal is getting weaker, the company force me to get a new GSM (sim card) phone. People feel that I am stupid or weird …. however, I know all those old computer gears will be in China somewhere polluting the area ….
Talking about food, I feel so bad too …. Buffet, company dinner, company lunch, all are so wasteful. Food are untouched, and place in trash can. People want to get in shape, and don’t eat carbo, trays of fried rice, noodles are all wasted untouched. In buffet is even worst, people just take a lot and eat a bit then in the trash can again ….
Cars are controlled by the oil company, and all those cars like BMW, Mercedes are never environmental friendly …. and in silicon valley, most people if they can afford are driving brand name car, 18 miles/gallon, 20/miles/gallon … so wasteful.
I am still driving that old car, from 1995, giving me 32 miles/gallon because I am still waiting for a good hydrogen car, however, I don’t know when it can be there and approved by the govt.
The life in USA is so wasteful and hurting the environment …. similar to all those developed cities like Hong Kong.
All I can do is start from myself, I think you feel the same way.
Keep up the good work, at least I feel that someone in the other side of the world has some similar feeling, and I am not alone.
This year, I am starting an organic veggie growing area in my backyard, and I try to avoid dinning out …. but sometime, this is so tough since life with friends are different … and I cannot isolate myself that much in business and corporate world ….