Tag: boats
Jerks on Jet Skis
by director on Mar.30, 2009, under Ecology, Video, economy
Americans’ annoyance at the proliferation of pubescent personal water craft has grown since the onset of the recession and the returned rise of energy prices. As the rest of America seeks to establish responsible energy conservation, saps on seadoos burn gasoline like it’s 1975, just to go riding around and around in circles. Jerks on jet skis pollute the air and water with their inefficient engines going just a mile or two per gallon. Egocentric, they drain the economy of its real strength, pouring dollars into preschool fantasies of listening to loud motors make a vroom vroom sound.
Public anger at the dangerous and dirty jet skis has been growing for years. More recently, there’s been a movement to ban jet skis, recognizing the unsustainability of the mostly useless mini boats.
The following video makes a personal point of criticism against the predominantly out of shape people who ride jet skis instead of exercising their own muscles:
Sea Shepherd Rocks Antarctica!
by director on Jan.18, 2008, under Ecology
Thank you to the activists of Sea Shepherd for showing the world what real commitment looks like. Instead of just bemoaning environmental decline in the world’s oceans, Sea Shepherd gets active, and directly confronts those who, like those on the Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru, break the laws that protect the seas.
When the whalers aboard the Yushin Maru took two activists from Sea Shepherd prisoner, the world responded with well-deserved anger. Now, on their protest ship the Steve Irwin, the people of Sea Shepherd are giving inspiration to all of those who are tired of seeing the riches of their planet harvested from beneath them for the sake of temporary profit.
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