Green Makes Me Scream

OK, I admit it.
If I hear one more activity, product, service, company, hobby or process say it is "green", I am going to SCREAM.

Love green. Love things that care for the environment. Love the creation of products and services that save the earth from further destruction.

BUT being green has become a "ME TOO" concept. Somehow the thought is if you say your idea/product/service is "green" -- You have risen above the crowd and joined the angels.

How does this relate to horses?
Horses have ALWAYS been green to some extent. Manure composts into soil. When they eat hay and grass, it is converting energy into energy with no chemicals added. They don't need air conditioning and heating in their barns and sheds. They transport US without putting carbon in the air.

We still have a problem - when we transport THEM. To take our horses to shows, trails, races and auctions, we need these great big carbon spewing trucks, which quite frankly don't make the grade in gas mileage and DO put carbon into the air.

I'm waiting for the "green" truck. Electric? (experts say no, can't get enough power out of electric). But technology charges ahead and I still hope that someday, our trucks and trailers can be "green".

UGH, there is that word again.