green elitism

Lewis Black ranted about it on Comedy Central...celebrities are tryiing to convince us that they can save the world by preaching about their virtuous green lifestyles...Consumerism as the way to liberation, consumerism as the path to political solidarity. Of course they tell us that while we're buying our bamboo shirts, we should be writing to our congressmen, but why is shopping green so much more fun than political analysis -- restriction of Hummers on the streets and more stringent exhaust regulations would go a lot further than my changing my incandscent bulbs to fluorescent (which I am doing anyway)....but I hate being told by Richard Gere and supermodels that they take army showers! It's the new holiness, the new virtue! And check out Treehugger where you can get many ideas for eco-conscious shopping sprees.