conservation

Anyways, serious question here. Didn't know where/how else to post.
Anybody have experience with any of the new fake grass. Not Astroturf, but the new stuff that's supposed to look and feel like real grass. I'm very skeptical about the zero maintenance aspect. You still need to get leaves pine needles, etc out of it. And how the hell do you keep it clean with dust, dirt, etc being blown on it all day everyday.
Thanks

There has been a lot of talk recently -- some unsavory -- regarding the issues of population and sustainability. Many come from the standpoint that in order to have the greatest impact on sustainability, you must personally ensure you contribute zero or negative population growth. Anyone who is serious about sustainability, they claim, is an utter hypocrite if they don’t advocate population control or (gasp!) have more than the 2.1 children per couple necessary for population growth.

Sustainability heroines Miranda Edel and Sharon Astyk have come under ruthless attack from “holier-than-thou environmentalists” claiming that these women have had more than their “fair share” of children. Some commenters at the LATOC Forum advocate authoritarian population measures as extreme as culling our neighbors. Now, assuming we can look past the emotional response to these positions, the argument suffers from a number of logical failures.

James Howard Kunstler had a fabulous post yesterday that exactly mirrors my feeling on our constant search for solutions. When I speak of "solutions" on PeakOilDesign, I am under no illusions that we will "solve" the problem of Peak Oil by innovating our way out of it. It's not a matter of fixing our society with infrastructure, but changing the way we structure our society.

When I speak of solutions, I'm referring to ways in which we can redesign our lifestyles to adapt to Peak Oil. The same mode of thinking goes for global warming, water shortages, bee extinction, or any other crisis of our environment.

JHK says it best. From the article:

I recently came across a great website called Blue Girl, Red State with some excellent perspective on sustainability and environmental issues. They recently posted a collection of conservation tips I thought I'd share here.

An excerpt from the post:

If everyone would run their electronics through a zip-strip and flip that switch off when the electronics are not in use, it would save a tremendous amount of energy, at both the micro and macro levels. While we are making modest adjustments that are capable of having a huge impact: Never purchase another incandescent lightbulb for as long as you live. Buy the flourescent bulbs that are all the rage. They aren't a fad - I've been using them since the early 90's, when they first came out and cost through the nose. Now my light company is paying a rebate on the purchase of them in the form of credit on your monthly bill. Total cost after KCP&L subsidizes the purchase: $.99 - and you will save that much in three months time in saved energy consumed by each bulb. When you buy a new TV, get an LCD; skip the power-suckin' Plasmas and CRTs.