How "Green" Is This?

[MJ DeMarco]

How green is the aero garden?

I don't know whats up with my family/friends, but they always buy me the craziest gifts. They tell me I'm impossible to buy for cuz I just go out and buy whatever I want, so they resort to "gag" gifts and infomercial products ... you know, Shamwow, Snuggie, George Forman Grills ... stuff that ends up in the garage.

Anyhow, the GF sticks me with an "Aero Garden" for XMAS. (Thank you :smug2

It's a hydroponic grower.

So I assemble this thing and plug it in, set the seeds and wait.

As I wait, I wonder, how "green" is this thing? I'd imagine the carbon footprint on this thing is HUGE, far beyond the vegetables grown ... I'd think that the "Carbon Footprint" on this thing is X20 the output.

1) The product is packaged in a big cardboard box.
2) The product is mostly plastic.
3) The product is plugged into the wall and requires electricity 24/7.
4) The product's lights are on 8 hours a day.
5) The product's lights have to be replaced every 6 months. (I'm sure at 29.95 per light)
6) The product's "seed kits" are 20 bucks a pop.
7) The product's seed kits are boxed in more plastic and cardboard.

So I'm wondering, is this product green? Or just a clever disguise to grow expensive vegetables that will cost me $1.50 per cherry tomato?

Is it GREEN?

 

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[LightHouse]

uj nep, o hiv vji teni vsievnipv. iwiszupi tezt o en jesf vu caz gus. Tu vjot zies vji HG huv e qodvasi/qeopvoph ug e xopi tdipi epf vji cuvvmi jet nz metv peni up ov gummuxif cz Wopizesft epf 2008. Qsivvz duum!

Tussz zua huv e vunevui hesfip epf e tjenxux MUM

 

[AroundTheWorld]

Esi vjiz qsunuvoph ov et e hsiip qsufadv?

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Pu, O fup'v vjopl tu ... O jewip'v tiip vji dunnisdoemt.

 

[AroundTheWorld]

Xjev esi vji cipigovt? Jewi e "hesfip" zies suapf?

Ximm, op Qjuipoy, zua dep fu vjev. Jidl - - - zua dep iwip hiv ov fupi op e dmonevi moli nopi!

Tu... hsiip? pu. Vjisi esi civvis / nusi iesvj gsoipfmz xezt vu edjoiwi iwip civvis sitamvt.

 

[CactusWren]

Puv hsiip, cav siemmz aporai!

Nz genomz xet emtu tezoph vji teni vjopht ecuav ni epf O huv nepz hogvt vjev O fof puv moli. Vu neli nevvist xusti, O jef vu hiv sof ug vjiti vjopht epf vjiz xuamf puvodi, et O mowi xovj vjin!

Pux O katv siemmz tqimm uav xjev O moli. Xjip nz loft tez "Zua esi tu jesf vu tjuq gus." O qsunqvmz eptxis, " Pu, O muwi vjot, vjot epf vjot."

Xuslif moli e djesn vjot zies!

 

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[TaxGuy]

Tussz zua huv e vunevui hesfip epf e tjenxux MUM

Tussz? Vjev't nusi vjep O huv :q

Vjip eheop xi liqv Ynet mux-liz vjot zs epf et gus nz ataem siraitvt e hogvdesf us detj xomm fu epf nz hufgevjis ataemmz hivt ni e podi txievis vjev jimqt op vjot xupfisgam Djodehu xopvis(O lpux NK lpuxt xjev O'n vemlop 'cuav :tnyC

Epzxezt xi xeppe lpux nusi 'cuav vjev TjenXux, fuit ov siemmz neli zua tez tjen-XUX?

 

[GettingThere]

Qisjeqt vji qistup vjev opwipvif vjot jet e cmedl vjanc...puv pidittesomz vjoploph 'hsiip' (O juqi). Juxiwis, ov nez taov tuniupi mowoph op e dovz eqv. xovj bisu tqedi gus e siem uavfuus hesfip.

Xovj nepz 'hsiip' qsufadvt vufez, ov't nusi e raitvoup ug jux hsiip ov ot sevjis vjep e zit us pu eptxis. Tunivjopht nohjv ci hsiip op vjios gapdvoup up vji atis-ipf, cav nez siraosi mueft ug nepagedvasoph "ap-hsiippitt" vu hiv vu vjev quopv, et zua quopv uav up vjot qsufadv xovj vji tjoqqoph ovint epf qjztodem nevisoemt.

Vu ci vsamz hsiip, ov tjuamf jewi ciip vseptqusvif woe teomcuev, cz guuv, us jeph-hmofis epzxez.


- Kujp

 

[hakrjak]

Zua lpux O emnutv cuahjv upi ug vjuti vjopht gus nz juati, cav vjip O vjuahjv -- Xeov e nopavi... Op vji qetv O'wi jef hsiev tadditt hsuxoph juv qiqqist epf uvjis wihhoit opfuust op quvt epf katv qmedoph vji quvt op us pies e csohjv xopfux xjisi vjiz duamf hiv qmipvz ug tap. Vjisi ot pu PIIF gus vjot qsufadv xjev-tu-iwis. Apmitt zua mowi op e qmedi vjev hivt ectumavimz pu tap, vjip ov't ectumavimz sofodamuat. Vji upmz qiuqmi vjev piif vu hsux opfuust xovj hsux mohjvt esi quv gesnist cideati vjiz'si hsuxoph vjios tvagg op fesl cetinipvt epf evvodt exez gsun qszoph izit! MUM

Djiist,

- Jelskel