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  Raw Milk

  Raw milk is a fad that comes into fashion every generation.  People love raw milk until there is an outbreak of illness, and then it goes out of fashion until our memory fades.  The fact is (proved by experience) that no matter how clean and the milking parlor and how careful you are, sooner or later, some people will get sick.On Umbra on raw milk posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 20 Responses

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  GMO and organic food

  Some how the anti GMO forces think it is better to spend gallons of diesel fuel tilling soil and exposing it to erosion from wind and water than to spend a fraction of an ounce of RoundUp to eliminate all that tilling.

  In a world where a great many of the people don't have enough to eat to reduce crop yields and increase prices through so called "organic" farming is immoral.  "Organic" farming is a rich man's fancy.  If organic farming worked as well as modern farming everyone would use it.  On The GMO industry has been scraping by on bad science posted 1 year, 1 month ago 12 Responses

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  Deisel Hybrid

  A diesel hybrid car is just too expensive for all but a few fanatics.  Car companies have figured out that there are enough fanatics to make it worth their while.  It would take twice the life of the car to save enough money on fuel to pay off the premium price.

  It makes sense if your vehicle is a city bus or trash truck, that is in use 8 or more hours per day and stopping and starting every few hundred feet.On Umbra on diesel hybrids posted 1 year, 3 months ago 16 Responses

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  scary sounding

  What is scary sounding about dioxane?  We are now condemning substances because we don't like their names? You want scary sounding?  Try ethanoic acid. (Look it up.)On Some 'green' products test positive for nasty chemical posted 1 year, 7 months ago 6 Responses

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  Nuclear vs Coal

  I have replaced all my lights with CFL, have no air conditioning or electric heat, and have a solar water heater and my electric consumption is still over 1500 kwhr/mo.  My employer has replaced the old electric motors with the high efficiency ones and have speed controllers on them.  We have installed high efficiency lighting and still suck a megawatt out of the grid.  What do we tell all these employees, "Sorry you have no job because there in not electricity today"?  Not everyone can be a internet column writer.  Manufacturing jobs are the best paying jobs for most of blue collar America.  The only way to provide the massive amounts of power for industry is with large power plants and the least damaging ones are nuclear.  
  PS Nuclear was can be recycled into new fuel reducing the waste by 98%.On Umbra on nuclear vs. coal posted 1 year, 9 months ago 25 Responses