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stephanie
12-10-2009, 04:26 PM
global warming-climate change environmentalism is nothing but a bunch for freaken fascist that would have us all living in a cave again if they could..

Bethany Stotts, December 10, 2009
One Edinburgh University climate scientist argues in a December New Scientist article that common activities such as washing clothes, using toilet paper and drinking coffee are among the “five eco-crimes we commit every day.”

“I have long argued that climate change begins at home,” writes Dr. David Reay, senior lecturer on Global Change at Edinburgh. “Each of us in the developed world has played our part in creating this problem and, while there is no doubt that coordinated global action is needed to tackle it, we can each be part of the solution.” Reay is the author of Your Planet Needs You! A Kid’s Guide to Going Green.

His list of five everyday eco-crimes are:

1. Coffee. Apparently six-cups-a-day off this wake-up beverage can clock “up more than 175 kilograms of CO2 each year. That’s the equivalent of a flight across Europe—from London to Rome, say.”

“Add milk, and the methane belched by dairy cows means you increase your coffee’s climate-changing emissions by more than a third.”

2. Toilet Paper. “Every time paper is recycled, the fibres become shorter, making for an increasingly rough bathroom experience. Recycled paper can’t compete on softness so some use of new wood by the toilet paper industry may be inevitable.”

3. Fast Fashion. “The clothing and textile sector in the UK alone is responsible for more than 3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions each year. Switching to second-hand alternatives could therefore yield some big energy savings and cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.”

4. Laundry. “Cleanliness has become a touchstone of domestic life since advertisers convinced us that our shirts must always be ‘whiter than white’, our sheets should forever smell of spring flowers, and that to be dressed in freshly laundered clothes at all times is a badge of success.”

“…For the largest cuts, simply washing less frequently is the way to go” (emphasis added).


5. Wasting Food. “The cost of food wastage reverberates down the supply chain, increasing requirements for storage, transport and packaging. But the biggest impact by far comes in food production” (emphasis added).

Now, Dr. Reay didn’t actually advocate a reduction in showers as a solution to climate change, but Lewis Page over at The Register argues that it’s a natural next conclusion:

“Even Reay isn’t quite willing to advocate the end of daily baths or showers, but he probably rightly thinks that around half of the population believes it is made to wash its clothes too often at the insistence of the other half, and so focuses on laundry.”

“The real news here—and the blunt truth, barring a worldwide shift to nuclear power or some other massive breakthrough—is that carbon emissions cuts in line with those demanded by climate activists mean we’ll all have to become very dirty and smelly,” concludes Page. “And that’s just for starters.”

Like, for example, suggesting that America should have fewer kids as a method for cutting “legacy” carbon emissions, as two Oregon State University professors did earlier this year.

Bethany Stotts is a staff writer at Accuracy in Academia.


http://www.academia.org/reasons-not-to-shower/

Gaffer
12-10-2009, 05:08 PM
More stupid people spouting stupid thoughts. They would improve the planet immensely by hanging themselves.

I'm drinking more coffee and using milk in each cup to show how I feel about what they have to say. Washing cloths and using lots of toilet paper. Wasted food gets fed to my dog so she can go outside and add methane to the atmosphere.

If they claim it's harmful for the planet, then I'll do it in spades.

Binky
12-10-2009, 06:38 PM
Once I got to the one about recylced toilet paper, that did it for me. I was no longer able to cont' reading that bullpucky....

Recycled poop paper. God, I hate thinking about that and how they recycle it.....Nasty......:dunno:

Gaffer
12-10-2009, 06:59 PM
I burn boxes and papers in the fire pit in the back yard. Along with wood and sticks picked up around the yard. I work very hard to create as much carbon as I can.

Kathianne
12-10-2009, 07:17 PM
I smoke, those long exhales probably rival the cows other end. ;)

stephanie
12-10-2009, 07:19 PM
I burn boxes and papers in the fire pit in the back yard. Along with wood and sticks picked up around the yard. I work very hard to create as much carbon as I can.

we still made burn barrels out of 55 gallon barrels up in Alaska..I burned all our paper and a few cans that didn't get out of the way...I looooove to burn things..damn I miss that..:laugh2:

SassyLady
12-10-2009, 07:35 PM
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Like, for example, suggesting that America should have fewer kids as a method for cutting “legacy” carbon emissions, as two Oregon State University professors did earlier this year.

Bethany Stotts is a staff writer at Accuracy in Academia.


http://www.academia.org/reasons-not-to-shower/

Here's that pesky little thing about the Worldwide One Child Policy.

Abbey Marie
12-10-2009, 11:50 PM
Here's that pesky little thing about the Worldwide One Child Policy.

MKP, as you may remember, we had only one child. I wonder if that gives us enough green credit to take daily showers and use fresh tp?

(I've missed your wisdom and smarts, girl!)

SassyLady
12-11-2009, 12:27 AM
MKP, as you may remember, we had only one child. I wonder if that gives us enough green credit to take daily showers and use fresh tp?

(I've missed your wisdom and smarts, girl!)


I do remember....and I hope your child is doing well. Mine just had another son on 9/30....this is her third and last so I think she used up all my credits! Haha!

I have missed you too! This group of alpha females just isn't as balanced a team without you around. :beer:

cat slave
12-11-2009, 01:14 AM
More stupid people spouting stupid thoughts. They would improve the planet immensely by hanging themselves.

I'm drinking more coffee and using milk in each cup to show how I feel about what they have to say. Washing cloths and using lots of toilet paper. Wasted food gets fed to my dog so she can go outside and add methane to the atmosphere.

If they claim it's harmful for the planet, then I'll do it in spades.

Im with you! I intend to have the biggest carbon footprint I can possibly have!

Gaffer
12-11-2009, 12:21 PM
I smoke, those long exhales probably rival the cows other end. ;)

Oh yeah, I smoke too.

chloe
12-11-2009, 02:01 PM
global warming-climate change environmentalism is nothing but a bunch for freaken fascist that would have us all living in a cave again if they could..

Bethany Stotts, December 10, 2009
One Edinburgh University climate scientist argues in a December New Scientist article that common activities such as washing clothes, using toilet paper and drinking coffee are among the “five eco-crimes we commit every day.”



Eco-crime:laugh2:

HogTrash
12-11-2009, 02:20 PM
Bethany Stotts, December 10, 2009
One Edinburgh University climate scientist argues in a December New Scientist article that common activities such as washing clothes, using toilet paper and drinking coffee are among the “five eco-crimes we commit every day.”It's dissappointing to see an institution of higher learning in the land of my ancesters promoting such liberal foolishness and insanity. :fart:


More stupid people spouting stupid thoughts. They would improve the planet immensely by hanging themselves.

I'm drinking more coffee and using milk in each cup to show how I feel about what they have to say. Washing cloths and using lots of toilet paper. Wasted food gets fed to my dog so she can go outside and add methane to the atmosphere.

If they claim it's harmful for the planet, then I'll do it in spades.This is all very good Gaffer, especially if rotting liberal corpses produce sufficient amounts of methane and CO2.


Once I got to the one about recylced toilet paper, that did it for me. I was no longer able to cont' reading that bullpucky....

Recycled poop paper. God, I hate thinking about that and how they recycle it.....Nasty......:dunno:I'm more curious about where they get it than how they do it?


I burn boxes and papers in the fire pit in the back yard. Along with wood and sticks picked up around the yard. I work very hard to create as much carbon as I can.This is good I suppose but you are sacrificing your very important contributions to the waste landfills that also seem to upset the greenies.


I smoke, those long exhales probably rival the cows other end. ;)That sounds like a 5 alarm habit for the cause girlfriend.

I can't think of anything that would piss a whiney liberal off worse, especially in their presence. :thumb:


we still made burn barrels out of 55 gallon barrels up in Alaska..I burned all our paper and a few cans that didn't get out of the way...I looooove to burn things..damn I miss that..:laugh2:In my neighborhood we're not aloud to burn garbage or yardwaste but a fire to cook with or stay warm is permited so a little white lie is great way to beat the greanies.


MKP, as you may remember, we had only one child. I wonder if that gives us enough green credit to take daily showers and use fresh tp?

(I've missed your wisdom and smarts, girl!)I'm sure if single/multiple child credits become necessary Al Gore will be providing them, for a fee of course.


Im with you! I intend to have the biggest carbon footprint I can possibly have!I believe we should all do our part to keep the green libbies stressed but we must be careful to create our footprints in a personal pocketbook friendly manner.


Oh yeah, I smoke too.We all must do our part...I am very proud of everyone! :poop:

HogTrash
12-11-2009, 07:03 PM
Eco-crime:laugh2:If we all get busted, can the prosecution use this thread against us in a court of law?

As a defense, we could use whatever excuse Al Gore uses as it seems to be working great for him.

SassyLady
12-11-2009, 07:13 PM
If we all get busted, can the prosecution use this thread against us in a court of law?

As a defense, we could use whatever excuse Al Gore uses as it seems to be working great for him.

Busted for eco-crimes?!!! Perhaps committed to the loony bin is more likely. All the lawyers are liberals and they think us conservative, tea baggers are looney!!! :laugh2:

HogTrash
12-11-2009, 07:16 PM
Busted for eco-crimes?!!! Perhaps committed to the loony bin is more likely. All the lawyers are liberals and they think us conservative, tea baggers are looney!!! :laugh2:The insanity plea works for me. :banana:

Gaffer
12-12-2009, 08:50 AM
Hog, I'm not sacrificing good land fill garbage. There's always a can full of unsorted cans, plastic and other non-burnable trash put out for the weekly garbage collection.

Binky
12-19-2009, 06:32 PM
I burn boxes and papers in the fire pit in the back yard. Along with wood and sticks picked up around the yard. I work very hard to create as much carbon as I can.

So do our politicans as they love to blow it out their butts on a continual basis......

Binky
12-19-2009, 06:34 PM
we still made burn barrels out of 55 gallon barrels up in Alaska..I burned all our paper and a few cans that didn't get out of the way...I looooove to burn things..damn I miss that..:laugh2:

Soooo.....are you a pyromaniac?:laugh2::laugh2: