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  One of the biggest problems with the Chinese solution is the fact that in their society the parents heavily favor boys over girls, to the point of femicide. That one thing really added to the bad press on their policies.On Simple lifestyle tweaks key in climate change fight posted 1 week ago 47 Responses

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  Well, you know, walking is great unless it's cold, rainy, very hot, or dangerous. Same with bicycling. If you can make it so people can have attractive options that are safe and fairly comfortable, then they will take them. Safety is a priority with women. They don't want to have to deal with being attacked, groped, run over, or otherwise risk life and limb just to go to the grocery or get to work. Solve those problems and they will use their vehicles less. For instance, have separate biking trails that go to places they need to go, like grocery stores, businesses, and libraries - so they can get to them without having to run a gauntlet of cars. Basically, we are addicted to not getting wet, cold, too hot, and being safe.On For public transportation to survive, we all need to ... drive more? posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago 4 Responses

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  So, if people are going to build in the woods, then, since they are starting from scratch, why not build a fireproof home? Reinforced concrete, metal roofs, and other things that are fireproof, would go a long way toward protecting their investment and letting the fire fighters not worry about the home.

  We build to protect against things like hurricanes, why not fires?

  On Global warming, California, and wildfires posted 2 months ago 20 Responses

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  Perhaps he will show up again, in another venue. This could just be a getting out of the limelight thing. I hope so, he's really very good at what he does.

  On Green jobs adviser Van Jones resigns White House position posted 2 months ago 5 Responses

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  So, if you buy organic eggs at the grocery, are you getting them from chickens that have been allowed to roam free or not?

  I would buy local eggs, but if they are not organic who knows what is being bought at the local feed store to supplement their diet.

  On UPDATED: The cruelty of industrial egg-riculture -- plus a tasty recipe for your local pastured eggs posted 2 months ago 10 Responses