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  and the kool aid is sweet

  Conservation has always been the best and easiest solution but is the one that our overlords don't want us to do for the most part.  "That will hurt the economy".  For fsck sakes even days after 9/11 we were told to go shopping to keep the evil doers from winning.  It is too late on many fronts.

  I could be labeled a bad consumer or even a bad citizen because I choose to buy much less than the average person and like to keep my purchases for much longer before buying new.  Solar is still out of my price range except on a small scale.  But I'm not about to buy from China just to save a few bucks.

  I can't make China do the right thing but I can do right by not buying their poison or drinking the Bush brand kool aid.On Solar-panel manufacturers dumping toxic waste in China posted 1 year, 8 months ago 8 Responses

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  supposed to be ironic? just business as usual.

  yeah, a bit misleading.  I see the irony but to the manufacturers there and anywhere there is no irony or anything special, it is a product and this is how it is made.  I am not the least bit surprised or any more outraged by this than any other product coming from china.  In fact this falls under the 'd'uh' category of news about the obvious and expected.  I assume that this kind of practise is happening so it is only news if and when I hear otherwise.

  Stop buying this crap from China.  I'm not waiting around for governments to do the right thing.  I'll vote with my wallet which means I buy much less overall and when I do I pay a bit more for much better quality and/or better stewardship.On Solar-panel manufacturers dumping toxic waste in China posted 1 year, 8 months ago 8 Responses

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  yawn, but every little bit helps.

  Well good for San Fran.  Cities all over this fair land should be doing all of these things and a great deal more.  Fleets of all kinds can implement the right way to do things much easier and cheaper than us poor slobs with our little blue boxes and curly light bulbs.

  Politicians talk endlessly about doing the right thing but rarely ever do the right thing and show the rest of us how it can be done.  Every city should have for decades now been running on alternative fuels and practicing green tech.  By now we would have had mature technologies that we can all use and afford.

  Even though it should be our governments that are practicing and promoting true green tech they are also the wrong people to ask.  yes I'm beyond cynical.  but green away.On San Francisco gets even greener posted 1 year, 8 months ago 15 Responses

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  How could any unatural change be good?

  Honestly, if mankind now has the power to alter nature in such a fashion I'm worried no matter who it benefits and who it doesn't.  It just ain't right and can't be a good thing on balance.
  And why do I read any predictions, let's just do the right thing and stop worrying about who will profit and who will die.On Global warming will reduce U.S. hurricane landfall, says controversial new research posted 1 year, 9 months ago 9 Responses

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  you're not alone

  yep, I'm with you on the skeptic side of the yard.  But let 'em talk, I'm still not changing my mind about things over there until I see real change.  I can help them out a bit by not buying their poisoned products.  There, a little cleaner already.On China unveils plan to fix polluted lakes posted 1 year, 9 months ago 2 Responses