Green with Irony

The sullen and jaded Les believes that many parts of the "Green" movement are a bunch of phooey or hooey. He often wonders aloud about the process and production of green materials. Jaded Les however concedes that green products more times than not are kinder to the environment, but is the process kind?

Submitted for your evaluation... A non-profit organization here has a program that is dedicated to making the homes of older Americans more energy efficient. This agency conducts some sort of an "energy audit," and advises as well as offers assistance to older folks to bring their homes to acceptable levels of usage. During my mother's audit it was discovered that her 15 year old refrigerator - freezer has been gobbling up far too much energy. The organization offered to replace the old side-by-side with a brand spanking new one. How could the old gal decline? The new model was delivered around 2:00p.m. yesterday afternoon. The old monster's doors as well as the front door of the house had to be removed to get the thing out. After about an hour and one broken glass candle holder later, the new fridge was in place gleaming white in all it's efficiency.

The part that first confused and then got Les' dander up was; during that entire hour the movers left the 20ft truck that they had came in parked in front of the house with the engine running.