Tuesday on the CBC interview show Q, Jian
Ghomeshi talked to actor Ed Begley Jr., Hollywood's leading environmental
activist and green-lifestyle enthusiast. Discussing Living With Ed, the reality TV show in which Begley
and wife Rachelle Carson clash over his carbon-footprint obsession, Begley
observed that Carson is the sort of person who cares about the earth but
doesn't go to extremes.
His examples? Carson doesn't like to use Begley's
power-generating stationary bicycle to make her toast. And she doesn't like
taking the bus.
I admire Begley as an actor and activist (and drummer),
but...wow. He really sees these two examples as similarly fringe? Just more
evidence that while there may be a lifestyle gap based on environmental
concerns, it's dwarfed by the one based on money and class.
