Hey everybody. Sorry for not posting again yesterday. It's looking like Fridays are just really busy for me so don't be surprised if you start seeing more posts on Saturdays.
Anyway, this one is sort of an exciting Green Tip because it can take a huge bite out of our collective carbon footprint. (By the way, if I ever start a band, I think Collective Carbon Footprint might not be a bad name...) I'm sure many of you have heard of the website Second Life, but for those of you that haven't, I'll give you a little background (source: Wikipedia).
Second Life is a website that started some time in the past 20 years by some computer savvy people. The basic premise is that you can create your own character in the game and then that character can go out and get a job and buy a house and buy clothes and toys and electronics and all that good stuff. Think the Sims, but more customization and realistic. Oh, except you can fly, but that's unrelated. Anyway, you can spend your own real money to get things in this game or you can start your own business and earn fake money in the game to buy things.
If you're pretty environmentally adept, you've probably already figured out where I'm going with this one. Right now, Second Life is only a game, but just think if everyone was logged in 24/7. I mean, there's no need to buy a real car or real gas if you can just fly anywhere you want to in the game. So all we need to do is just to replicate the entire world in the game so people have no need to live in the real world.
Ah, I can see it now: a series of solar panels and wind turbines constantly running to create power to run our computers. And attached to these computers will be the population of the world, quietly playing Second Life with IVs hooked up to them so they never have to stop to get food. The strain that we're currently putting on the environment will be over!
Well, thanks for reading everyone. I'm off to go drive my virtual Hummer absolutely guilt free!
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