[Hoot Gibson]

When feeling nostalgic it's nice to recall things that everyone did right back in the day. However, you can't deny that we -- unwittingly -- did a lot to harm the environment.

"We" are wittingly doing a lot to harm the environment today. Take ethanol, please... Arguably worse for the environment than gasoline and it takes more energy to make the stuff than it produces. Ethanol production competes with human consumers for corn and has pushed corn prices through the roof. We are literally burning food and people are going hungry as a result. But farmers donate big bucks to politicians in both parties, so the environment and impact that ethanol has on the poor people of Mexico take the backseat.

Another example is the compact fluorescent light bulb. They use less electricity for the same number of lumens but drop break one and you will need a HAZMAT team to safely get rid of the mercury.