Today we continue posting various trivia and tidbits about the people that bring you news, analysis, and opinion. Here is the second half of Nick Grue’s answers to the questionnaire that was given to all the writers at 2nd Green Revolution.
5) Do you have a favorite quote?
“If you’re not nervous about doing it, it’s probably not worth doing.”
6) When you go shopping….paper, plastic, or cloth? Why?
I usually use plastic and then recycle the bags later. I usually search for cloth bags just before checking out, but I’ve found most of the places I go grocery shopping no longer have their cloth bags hanging at the checkout stands anymore.
7) What are your thoughts on the Keystone pipeline?
I am fairly sure that the pipeline is going to be built unimpeded, even if there are huge protests. The resource is too huge, and there is too much money behind the project for it not to get pushed through one way or another. I am hopeful, though, that in the near future a greater investment on clean energy will make the exporting of oil sands unnecessary, and the pipeline will become obsolete.
8) Are you attending any green-related events in the near future?
I attend green-related events just about everytime I go to work!
9) What is your favorite post that you’ve written for 2nd Green?
My favorite post addressed the idea of the steady state economy. Even if we are able to figure out energy generation in a sustainable way, there are so many other aspects of daily life that are not sustainable. A steady state economy seems not only to be inevitable, but may help is converting our overall ways-of-life to continue on into the future indefinitely.
10) Name one simply eco-practice that you follow religiously and think everyone else should do, too?
Mass transit is huge. I am excited about the new light-rail tracks in Denver opening with a line out to Golden and plan on riding the train as often as I can. If more people abandoned their cars for mass transit, a huge chunk of greenhouse gas emissions will be taken out of the mix.