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  protectors turn into idiots....

  I am sorry if this sounds harsh....but I hope everyone of those bastards has their families trampled by an elephant if they vote to allow ivory trading.  WIth all the nose poking our government does, I don't know why we allow African NAtions to harbor environmental terrorists in the form of poachers.  Now they are going to to try to make it legal.  This is a no win situation for everybosy.  What we really should do is take all the government leaders and people that want to allow poaching and senseless killing of endangered species for profit....and straight up hunt them like the animals they covet the carcasses of.  I don't care if that gets in the way of their "growth", and i don't care about the politics and economics involved.  The bottom line is, there are way more people on the planet than some of these animals and we have a responsibilty to protect them from those of us that seek to hunt them without good cause.On With Protectors Like This ... posted 2 years, 5 months ago 2 Responses

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  Money........gotta have it.

  I agree, money and in turn entrenched power is the biggest bump in the road to a more sustainable future.

  Old money is like a virus that just won't die.  The newer generations have to stop allowing money to be the basis of all their decisions.  Especially now when there is ample money to be made in environmental engineering etc.  

  Think of how much money it would be worth for someone to design say a building material that was made entirely of recycled products.....oh wait...someone did but old money paid him to shut up.On I meant just one more posted 2 years, 5 months ago 3 Responses

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  Energy efficiancy Vs. Old Money

  One thing is for certain, old money will not let it's profits shrink without a fight.  Thats why old money is scrambling to buy all the new technology.  They are finally starting to see that green light can equal green money.

  I have often felt that one of the major problems this country faces is that of the privatized energy giants like PG&E etc.  Water is usually in most areas at least a public utility protected and provided by state, local and federal laws/ agencies.  No doubt, someone is getting rich off of our water use, but not as rich as those that provide our energy.  

  When private energy giants send us those little pamphlets that tell us how to save energy in our home, they certainly are not telling us that because they want to bill us less.  In fact, even though our bills may shrink a bit, they will be minute in comparison to how much the power companies bills will be reduced if we all reduce our usage.  Maybe they will loose a buck or 2 a month from every home on the grid, but overall....in the grand scheme, they are benefititting far more.  

  The only way to really control the situation is to promote the use and purchase of "in home" energy such as solar and wind power.  Several individuals have been able to go "off the grid" doing this.  If enough people who have the means, cared to do it, that would force the hands of the power companies to provide accept making less profit.  The longterm goal would be for them to sell their company back to the government where it can be operated without the worries of shareholders and profit margins.  Energy should not be run like a liqour store.On Plans to boost energy efficiency start getting traction in Congress posted 2 years, 5 months ago 11 Responses

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  Bottles and Cans and deposits oh my!!

  While I agree that a larger deposit would incite more people to recycle in other areas of the country, I don't think it will help California.  I recently, (and by recently mean the last 2 years)have been noticing the recycling habits of the people that live in my area.  Which is a fairly high income area....despite my low income....but that is not the issue.  Most people recycle their bottles and cans and glass that they buy from the store.  I think where regulation is needed is in businesses.  A large corporation or office generates so much trash and most have little to none in the way of recycling.  I think California should do away with the deposit and enforce a mandatory recycling program for anything and everything that is recyclable.  I am from Rhode ISland and we have had that in place for 10 years.  Now in certain areas of southern California they do have one, they give out the blue bins and tell you what to put in them....if they can do it somewhere, they could do it anywhere and it would lead to more being recycled than just the cans with the CA .05 on it.  It would also put the task on businesses to establish recycling in their offices etc.  It wouldn't be costly, it's a matter of having additional receptacles and using them.  I personally have taken it upon myself to recycle all the bottles and cans that are generated from the 25+ employees and customers of the retail chain I work for.  All I did was write "recycle" on several of the trash cans and I take them home once a week.  Aside from generating about 15 bucks for me, it takes about 10lbs of garbage out of the landfill every week.  This is something that should be done everywhere.On Umbra on returnable bottles posted 2 years, 5 months ago 10 Responses