A Tear in the Bucket

There's a striking parallel here, somewhere.

I scrimp and save to reduce my carbon footprint at home by shutting off all phantom loads and then I come to work and throw ten tons of disposible sterile plastics into the garbage while walking though humming rooms of energy-gobbling equipment that remainly mostly unused. Gah.

My culture tells me to plant a tree for every mile in an airplane I travel this year but all around the world increasing energy needs are being met with dirty power like coal plants. Double gah.