Fair weather environmentalist

Did you know that from the time the baby is born until it is potty-trained, you would have thrown away 5000 diapers into a landfill? In an average year, Americans throw away 16 billion diapers or 2.7 million tons of diapers into landfills. That is staggering. Being a fair weather environmentalist, I didn't use to care. I recycle when the boxes are put out, use fluorescent bulbs in the house, and turn off the air/heat/lights when I am not home. Essentially, I try to save the planet when it's easy to do so. Mai, on the other hand, does so much more. She recycles everything. She and her husband are trading in their car for a hybrid. They pay more to use green energy. They even compost. So when it comes to diapers, I totally assumed that she would do something green like the gdiapers. I knew she wouldn't go with cloth since the ick factor is much higher on the list of importance than being green. But it surprised me that she is going for full disposable. I AM doing the gDiaper route. I feel so superior to her.