[Loren]

I've seen those acrilics on classcages.com as well but never tried them. I would think that acrilic would be ok for quite a while with snakes, if you were really gentle with cleaning them, and didnt have any other pets, or children to scratch them from outside. I just wouldnt ever get one for lizards. I use mostly 10g and 20g long glass aquariums, which I get for 8-10$ and 25-30$, then make my own lids for cheap, so the acrilics are a bit too much money for me. I am drawing up plans for some homemade cages in my head, but havent come up with a plan that I really like yet.
I wouldnt call myself an environmentalist by any means, but It does make me cringe to think of all the trash each of us throws away every day, and multiply that times the worlds population. I do try to keep my trash to a minimun. Also helps that I am a tightwad, so I use things until they are worn out, then use them some more.
Each us us definitely has the responsibility to be good stuards of the earth, and if everybody would just make a good reasonable effort,it would make a huge difference.
Personally, I think that prison inmates should be sorting trash at the dump to pick out all recyclables, then they would be able to turn them in for "prison dollars" which they could use to buy food, t.v. time, visiting time, play time, and showers. Maybe even buy a shorter sentence for non violent offenders- if they really work hard.