Comments on: Oil International http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/02/oil-international/ A design blog with a particular emphasis on green design, design for society, and environmental technologies, Vestal Design Blog also discusses web design, product design, graphic design, and architecture. Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:46:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Pitman http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/02/oil-international/comment-page-1/#comment-27275 Dave Pitman Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:31:24 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/02/oil-international.html#comment-27275 What about vinyl stickers? Those are pretty safe. What about vinyl stickers? Those are pretty safe.

]]> By: Dave Bags http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/02/oil-international/comment-page-1/#comment-26106 Dave Bags Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:56:31 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/02/oil-international.html#comment-26106 I completely agree Jeff. The stickers were not intended to be plastered on other people's cars but rather our own. All of our cars, Prius' and Hummers alike, are contributing to our OIL dependence and CO2 emissions. None of our current transportation options are a sustainable silver bullet. I own a '99 Subaru Outback with a CO2 sticker right above the tailpipe. I can't afford a Prius but still need to drive. Every time I drive the sticker reminds me of the footprint I'm leaving behind. I guess I couldn't help myself with the Hummer picture. The sticker in that picture is actually a magnet. I would never damage someone else's property...but I suppose the stickers could be used to do just that. Let's hope people use these stickers to help change their own habits rather then as a cheap way to point fingers at others. I completely agree Jeff. The stickers were not intended to be plastered on other people’s cars but rather our own. All of our cars, Prius’ and Hummers alike, are contributing to our OIL dependence and CO2 emissions. None of our current transportation options are a sustainable silver bullet. I own a ‘99 Subaru Outback with a CO2 sticker right above the tailpipe. I can’t afford a Prius but still need to drive. Every time I drive the sticker reminds me of the footprint I’m leaving behind.

I guess I couldn’t help myself with the Hummer picture. The sticker in that picture is actually a magnet. I would never damage someone else’s property…but I suppose the stickers could be used to do just that. Let’s hope people use these stickers to help change their own habits rather then as a cheap way to point fingers at others.

]]> By: Jeffrey Goodman http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/02/oil-international/comment-page-1/#comment-25813 Jeffrey Goodman Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:44:23 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/02/oil-international.html#comment-25813 My friend and I used to stick another bumper sticker "I'm changing the environment: Ask me how!" to SUVs in my very conservative hometown. But then I turned 17 and I realized that messing up someone's Lexus - while intially satisfying - won't change their minds; in fact, it will just make them actively hostile to similar causes. And as they say, what's good for the goose is good for the gander: I don't think many Prius-driving liberals would be very receptive if they found their cars adorned with, I don't know, "Cheney/Rove '08" stickers. My friend and I used to stick another bumper sticker “I’m changing the environment: Ask me how!” to SUVs in my very conservative hometown. But then I turned 17 and I realized that messing up someone’s Lexus – while intially satisfying – won’t change their minds; in fact, it will just make them actively hostile to similar causes.

And as they say, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander: I don’t think many Prius-driving liberals would be very receptive if they found their cars adorned with, I don’t know, “Cheney/Rove ‘08” stickers.

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