Going green or saving green?

Does every hotel now have one of those "Save the planet" tags in the room? I'm wrapping up a 10 day vacation, and every hotel room we've used has had one. The latest one reads the following:

Save Our Planet

Dear Guests:
Bed sheets that are washed daily in thousands of hotels around the world use millions of gallons of water and a lot of detergent.

You Make The Choice:
If you are staying more than one night, and would prefer to have your sheets changed, please place this card on the bed each morning. No card on the bed means "I will reuse today."

Do people really think that by having their hotel bedsheets washed every day that they are destroying the planet? Are we human beings really that powerful? Is it the planet or its animals we are destroying?

Do people think they are doing their good deed for the day by not having their sheets washed? Does this exempt us from serving our fellow man who is infinitely more valuable than the earth?

If we are just another evolving species fighting for survival, then why can't we pursue cleanliness everywhere every time at all costs? Aren't all detergents "environmentally friendly" thanks to capitalism? Can't dirty water be cleaned again thanks to capitalism? We as an advanced society do have that power.

Do you wash your bedsheets everyday? I assume the answer is no. For us single guys, especially during college, we may wash them once a quarter or as I did once a semester. (I know...gross.) For us married guys, we may wash them a little more often like once a week thanks to our wives. Why don't we wash them everyday though? Well, it takes some of your time, and it uses water and electricity. At home, the later two affect the bottom line. In the hotel business, all three do so especially the labor. So aren't hotels really asking us to help them save money which may in turn be passed onto us hotel guests?

Would it be that earth-shattering to ask guests the following:

Save Your Money

Dear Guests:
Bed sheets that are washed daily in thousands of hotels around the world use millions of dollars of your money in the form of labor, clean water and electricity.

You Make The Choice:
If you are staying more than one night and would prefer to have your sheets changed and have a cleaning fee added to your final bill, please place this card on the bed each morning. No card on the bed means "I will save money today."

Save the planet if you want, but I prefer to save me or someone else some green. Not doing laundry everyday will just save me more time and money to serve my fellow man.