Seven Dorky Going Green Doo-dads

My ISP listed a whole batch of new products that inventors have come up with in an atttempt to play to their audience which is going green to be trendy.  Many are already being manufactured but I fear most will not produce a great amount of royalties unless my judgment is faltering badly.  I pass along a few for your edification.
photo by Jason Piedy via NetZero

How about a laptop computer made of bamboo and cardboard.  Bamboo is a renewable resource and is fairly durable but you wouldn’t want to spill coffee on it and pray the battery doesn’t catch fire.
photo by sunbagshop via NetZero

This is a real neat leather bag but it weighs in at three pounds and all it does is recharge your cell phone.  That’s also all it holds.  $300.00.  Better to take a fully charged phone with you and then not talk so much.
photo by dream cheeky via NetZero

I like this one well enough.  It’s a USB-powered greenhouse adapted to Windows XP but you must have Intel Pentium 4.  I’ve always been partial to the Mason jar terrarium.

                                                                                    photo by puffanflock via NetZero

This is a dandy.  It’s an inflatable shower curtain with spikes.  It attacks you and wraps around you if you spend too much time in the shower.  Gag item…conversation piece…not actually for sale.  Reminder to save water.
photo by jayel atteram via NetZero

Use and toss items made the list.  According to the Chicago Trib, disposables last year would have filled 9,000 18-wheelers–enough to stretch 68 miles.  One of the worst newer offenders is a product that replaces the common mop and soapy water.
                          photo by andrew mason via NetZero

My favorite.  Popular Science Magazine reports that urea in swine urine is as good as other fossil fuels for making bioplastics.  As a result a manufacturer is producing plastic plates made from pig pee.  Diehard environmentalists can eat off anything they wish.  Before I eat off  a plate made from hog wee wee I’ll just eat with my fingers.  At least I know where they’ve been.