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  Next "Ask Umbra" section should be about abortion and how a "fertilized woman's egg" is or is not a potential human being given certain conditions. Although I doubt she'd get into all that potential flaming by readers, it should really be noted, given the actual impact and/or benefit of abortion as an environmental decision and individual empowerment. Hope this doesn't offend anyone, but it would be really interesting to point the environmental benefits/impacts of abortion, since Umbra has already commented on child bearing or adoption.

  On Ask Umbra on sex ... chicken sex, that is posted 2 months, 1 week ago 14 Responses

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  Thing is, most fuel efficient cars are sold in developed countries which leaves us in a dire situation. Buying and transporting them from northern countries isn't always a good idea (apart from special taxes) and finally, we keep getting the end of the stick, where all polluting cars keep being sold and we've no other choice! It's terrible that only developed countries can aquire these environmental solutions easily, while developing countries in desperate need of this are left behind. The market still dictates quality of life and development opportunities in an elitist performance.

  On Toyota to make more fuel-efficient hybrid posted 3 months ago 4 Responses

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  You are absolutely right, I was also pondering on it. How green is that phone really? I mean, apart from being "green" colored, it kinda mentions having biodegradable elements, but c'mon, a simple life cycle assessment has shown many hybrid biodegradable/synthetic products to impact more than simple synthetic production (since it envolves an extra agricultural impact for the organic components). Is Grist selling out on sponsorship? I hope not. Still, you made a great point. The author would probably frown at the "green" cell phone on top of her article. Nice catch.

  On Our addiction to cheap stuff has become very expensive, new book argues posted 3 months ago 24 Responses

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  That is really impressive and sad at the same time. There was actually a winning poster with a drawn globe that reflected a serious misconcenception - apart from the apparent benefits of coal - in clearly and physically dividing North and South America! The kid even made Mexico disappear! Education is truly a force to be reckoned with. The idea that America is split in two might lead children to further misconceptions and supporting hard-line politicies.

  On Coal coloring book teaches kids all about dirty energy posted 3 months ago 8 Responses

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  It's an interesting subject! What I've always been worried about is the cost of dying. It COSTS to die! I mean, shouldn'te we all die and that's it? why are there so many companies or governments trying to take advantage of an unavoidable stage? I believe it's gross to have to spend on your own death or leave the debts to the family, because funerary services, cemetery services and whatever, even death certificate or any thing the authorities need, costs and sometimes a lot.

  I would so love to die peacefully and be thrown to the ocean or used to help something else, lest my body contained toxic chemicals and there were risks to the environment, in which case, shouldn't we all (probably city-consumer-folks) be disposed as dangerous wastes? We poison our body in life and then go ahead and keep polluting the earth after death. I'm a living environmental liability! Everyone should pay (not a company or government) to remediate the environmental impacts we caused in life and will cause in death, not pay for just dying! we're in a huge debt we don't even know about.

  On Ask Umbra on green burial posted 4 months, 1 week ago 13 Responses