Comments bailsout has made

  • In an overpopulated world, I still don't understand why producing another human being merits a "congratulations", especially from a spokesperson of a pro-environment organization. How about, "Oh, I'm sorry. Contraceptives not working? Thank you though for the spin on not saying go forth and "multiply".On Ask Umbra on trash, toxics, and tots posted 4 days, 3 hours ago 7 Responses
  • Really concerned about the planet and want to go green? No brainer. Don't procreate.On Growing up green: How to shop for a green baby posted 1 week, 2 days ago 4 Responses
  • Hey, there's an elephant in the room. And it is us. And as long as we continue to believe that it is our manifest destiny to overpopulate and not begin to look for and plan to achieve an ideal population count that will make this planet more in harmony with the rest of its entities and ecosystems,we are stupid. Of course, was there ever a doubt? What would be the world's ideal population that could be nourished with organic agriculture and sustainable lifestyles?On Feed the world sustainably by 2050? Yes, we can! posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago 5 Responses
  • No paper towels. Good step. Next step: no toilet paper. A year ago I bought an automatic toilet bidet kit on-line for $15 and I'll never go back. Google it.On Ask Umbra on climate-skeptic teachers, low-flow toilets, and more posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago 32 Responses
  • Any links between BPA and Alzeimer's?On Consumer Reports finds BPA traces in common canned foods posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago 14 Responses
  • Have you all read Crichton's novel "State of Fear"? A provocative and entertaining romp through this debate. The bottom line, though siding with the denialists, is that science never escapes politicizing. I too often hear the question, "Do you believe in global warming/climate change?" and always wonder at the use of the word "believe" in a scientific inquiry.On Is John Broder embarrassed to have a baseless hit job on Gore under his byline? posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago 25 Responses
  • Jestbill: A law is definitely not in our future and financial incentives from the government are equally improbable. Of course, financial incentives helped create the scary outcomes of the film "Idiocracy". I'm doing my part, driving a 9 year old Honda Insight(hybrid),etc., but it still feels like arranging deck chairs on a sinking cruise ship. Negative population growth is the best solution for footprint reduction but too few will buy into it especially in a world where some organized ideologies still promote population GROWTH.On Simple lifestyle tweaks key in climate change fight posted 1 month ago 47 Responses
  • Not a single comment on population reduction as a solution. Too much a behavioral change? Here's where we need a law. Math word problem: How many people,that comply with the 17 items over a lifetime, would it take to reduce the carbon footprint equal to the prevention of one conception and birth?On Simple lifestyle tweaks key in climate change fight posted 1 month ago 47 Responses
  • How about negative population growth if we want to start turning the ship back around towards Eden?On Bee here, now: organic apiary in a chemical world posted 1 month ago 6 Responses
  • ditto what Chris M. says. And let's not forget that China is already addressing the biggest problem: overpopulationOn Confessions of a fossil-fuel addict posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago 2 Responses
  • Solar City currently has a residential solar lease program that begins as low as $115/mo. My highest electric bill annually is $65. My lowest is $50. How does this help me? I know it shouldn't be just about me, but how about a program for those who don't use much, since all the unused juice will still go back to the grid anyway.On SolarCity makes electric cars an even smarter investment posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago 19 Responses
  • By having three children, one has already let the horse out of the barn. So thinking about which way to heat water is like deciding on whether to use a Curex or a Band-Aid on an arterial laceration. Once I swithched to a tankless heater and realized that everytime I began to turn on the hot water tap I was burning up money/fuel, I started to use cold water for the washing machine(cold water settings still use hot water, so I turned off the hot water valve) and washed dishes by hand in hot water from a solar bag(18.99) which I put in an ice chest 'til I need it and rinse in cold. In the winter I heat water on my woodburning stove and store it the same way. I also take solar heated showers from the coils of black irrigation hose.The water heater paid for itself the first year. Tank water heaters should be illegal.On Ask Umbra on replacing hot-water heaters posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago 21 Responses
  • In 2000, Honda produced its first hybrid, the Insight. The most aerodynamic production car ever made, it also incorporated an automatic idle stop. When you begin to slow down for a stop and the speedometer reads less than 8-10mph the car will shut off if the transmission is in neutral or the clutch pedal depressed. It automatically and immeditately starts as soon as the shifter is put into gear. The first generation Insight was discontinued and the second generation Insight cannot match the mpg that the original attained. The first generation Insight only sits two, but apparently production stopped on this design because Americans want bigger cars for their family and friends. When I'm in commuter traffic I wonder where all those friends and family are because I only see one occupant, the driver. My Insight currently gets 60mpg with over 200,000 miles. The technology is here to combat idling wastes. And so is the ability to turn off the ignition and restart.On Ask Umbra on anti-idling campaigns posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago 15 Responses
  • China is also leading the world in at least addressing population management.On China is leaving the U.S. in the dust as it surges ahead on clean energy posted 2 months, 1 week ago 14 Responses

  • Are we all in agreement yet that there is currently an overpopulation problem? If so, then we must also recognize that two children per family-- zero population growth-- is one too many. We need to go to the next step-- negative population growth.  One or none.

    On Ask Umbra on big families posted 2 months, 1 week ago 48 Responses

  • And if you really want to reduce the upstream/downstream usages, stop procreating. Too simple?

    On How much energy does the U.S. waste? posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago 14 Responses

  • So what stand is the 350 org going to take on overpopulation and how hard will they push a population control agenda?  If they ignore it, they are wasting what little time(and energy) we have left.

    On A New Number For a New Era: From 9/11 to 350 posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago 3 Responses

  • Now that the issue has finally been raised on the Grist forum, thank you Umbra for taking it on, I wish our government would take China's lead and at least promote the concept of reducing our population through an educational policy. People need to be taught about overpopulation and then, hopefully, make intelligent decisions about their own reproduction. It doesn't have to be mandatory, yet. How about removing tax credits for children, or at least tax credits for not having children.

    I'm sure it was too hot an issue in the forthcoming health care plan, but it disillusioned me to see that abortion would not fall under the coverage. I know I shouldn't have been surprised. In the meantime I would like to send my heartfelt thanks to all the women out there who made the difficult decision to terminate a pregnancy, no matter the reason.

    On Ask Umbra on big families posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago 48 Responses

  • I hate to see the name calling and arguing go on here. But the good news is that we're finally talking about an issue that for hundreds of generations was never dreamed of. Maybe there is a chance for the planet, its species and even humans.

    On Ask Umbra on big families posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago 48 Responses

  • Does geoengineering do any more than rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic if you don't change the direction of population growth?  When do humans stop being the sacred cow? Maybe, when we are all barbecued in the pit of our own making. Geoengineering may help slow the big ship, but if you don't make an effort to change its direction, it is still going to collide....

    On Geoengineering schemes shouldn't be dismissed out of hand, scientists say posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago 9 Responses

  • Don't forget to check your recyle store (habitats for humanity?) for used or unsold new windows that come at a great discount and mght otherwise hit the landfill before their time.

    On Should I suck it up and buy vinyl windows? posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago 30 Responses

  • Annoying or not, hypocritical or not, that a man who lived more than a hundred years before I read his words at a young age could still affect me forty years later speaks to some inherent wisdom or truth that today's criticism does not lessen in its power to inspire.

    On Thoreau, Walden and civil disobedience in the age of climate change posted 3 months ago 10 Responses
  • If the dog or cat is just to keep the kid content, but the concern is the environmental impact, where was the concern for the planet when the choice was made to have a child?  However if the choice is between a dog, a cat or another child and the parents opt for the animal, I can respect that.On Should Kuba have a puppy? posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago 19 Responses

  •  JUST PULL THE PLUG

    For me it is just as easy to pull the plug on my power strip as it is to turn the switch on/off.  I had noticed that my  converter box for my dish satellite stayed warm even after I had turned it off, so I unplug the powerstrip that controls the dvd player, the tv and the satellite converter box when I turn off the tv at night. Probably reduces the chances for fire as well. It also means one less thing to buy. I've been doing this for a couple of years now. I'll see how long it takes before my outlets get tired and lose their strength to hold in a plug. I doubt that the metal is getting stronger with the excercise.

    On Ask Umbra on smarter outlets posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago 9 Responses

  • Take the sharks and take the finners, put 'em in the same tank and let nature sort it out.

    On It's time to end the practice of shark finning posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago 5 Responses

  • Does the new health care plan mean more people living longer? If so, it's counter productive. More people is more carbon emissions and more global devastation. How about a new health care program that is so bad more people start dying off sooner?

    On Obama stays on message ... health care, health care, health care posted 4 months, 1 week ago 5 Responses

  • How about we just do nothing, but continue to do as we have been doing with one exception.  We start a massive negative population growth campaign.  Let's cap-and-trade or subsidize taxpayers for not having children. Let's require parents to pay for their children from child care to public education. Why should people who choose not to have children still pay taxes to support public education?       Everyone sees that the human population is out of control, disturbing and destroying  all other life forms. When do we begin attacking the real problem? We can see the enemy and it is us.

    On Palin eschews facts and economics in blasting cap-and-trade bill posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago 9 Responses

  • There are some appropriate ways for the philanthropists to donate. Let's stop donating to children's health but instead, to the reduction of child production. If we sterilized ourselves to the edge of extinction, would we be missed?  Yes, like the sound that a falling tree makes in a tropical forest with no one to acknowledge. More healthy children means a less healthy ecosystem. When  will we realize the price that it costs to civilze?

    On Ask Umbra on paperback writers posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago 10 Responses

  • Oops! You listed Carolyn McCarthy twice, once on the aye list and once on the nay list, but with different state and party affliliations. Knowing my rep and his typically republican biases it is he that should be in the nay column, Kevin McCarthy.

    On House passes landmark climate and clean-energy bill posted 5 months ago 10 Responses

  • Is it urban myth or is it true that there are too many people to be sustained solely by organically cultivated foods? Once again the problem is not food production as much as it is overpopulation. But that is too sacred a cow to confront-- even it is from a feedlot.

    On What the financial collapse can teach us about the food system posted 6 months ago 18 Responses

  • How can any bill that purports to address climate change and carbon excesses fail to include an incentive plan to reduce human population? What a bad joke.

    On Some enviro groups not happy with Waxman-Markey bill posted 6 months, 1 week ago 11 Responses

  • Too bad that all the energy that goes into these arguments and all the monies that will go to new infrastructures and technologies couldn't be put into a comprehensive plan to reduce the population. Only then will we begin to tackle seriously the problems before us. Hydrogen fuel cells or batteries? I think we are arguing about where to set up the deck chairs on the Titanic.

    On California plans no exit from hydrogen highway posted 6 months, 1 week ago 39 Responses

  • Still treating the symptoms instead of the cause. Let's start working on reducing the population in the US and globally.

    On Vilsack: biotech will solve our ag problems posted 7 months, 1 week ago 6 Responses

  • Washin'

    When it comes to laundry, I've become enamored with Charlie's Soap. Google it and check it out.
    They also offer another cleaner which, when diluted, should work well for cars also. I haven't tried it yet, but it's my next purcase.
    Charlie seems to be very green.On Umbra on cleaning cars inside and out posted 9 months ago 6 Responses

  • good news bad news

    'Tis a shame the climate change will harm animals.
    But let's hope the change will reduce the human population.On Climate change risk underestimated: study posted 9 months ago 3 Responses

  • No new clothes

    If you want to do the right thing concerning the environment stop supporting the manufacturing of new clothes by buying/trading for used clothing. On Umbra on bamboo origins posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago 15 Responses

  • Sterilization

    Scary title and maybe overboard. But somewhere, young people need to hear that it is the overpopulation of the human race that is responsible for the environmental mayhem that is ocurring today. Every student should read and discuss Quinn's novel, Ishmael. Not even Grist or Sierra Club or Greenpeace or Obama promotes a population plan. They won't even address the issue. But each of us needs to understand that there are too many of us.
     How many carbon credits should one be given for not having a child? I don't know but it's more than bringing one's own bag to the grocery store, or riding a bicycle or drinking tap water.On Umbra on eco-actions for kids posted 11 months ago 12 Responses

  • Camping out

    Why shouldn't all the rules that apply to camping in the wilderness apply to living out of the wilderness? Take only fotos and leave only footprints. I hand wash my dishes. I use solar hot water from the hose in the summer and hot water from my woodburning stove in the winter. If all the dishes are from your family where are the germs on the dishes that you all don't expose yourselves to on a daily basis anyway? We use the same dishes in the evening that we use during the day. We have our own "mess kits". I use a cast iron skillet and wipe it clean without water. Hot water removes grease and if the water isn't hot enough a little detergent does help. A towel dries without leaving spots.
    I think we're all a little too paranoid about our owngerms and a little bacteria. The worst thing is you might get sick or even die. A few humans dieing wouldn't really hurt the species; we're way over budget.On Umbra on eco-friendly detergents posted 11 months, 1 week ago 13 Responses

  • methane production

    I don't have the evidence or statistics but I bet the current human population creates a lot more methane than livestock. So let's start harvesting humans in an UNSUSTAINABLE way or at least raising humans so that they do not overpopulate. Maybe then we could create a sustainable diet for the omnivore human. On Umbra on homegrown meat posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 33 Responses

  • gmo-yes

    Good technological news! At last a way to reduce the population. And I thought all technology was trying to keep people alive and create fertility drugs in efforts to keep us off the endangered species list.On Long-term study: GMOs lower fertility in mice posted 1 year ago 7 Responses

  • water wastage reply

    So it seems that everyone should go septic then and eliminate the need for treatment plants. Oh, we can't do that because there would be too much waste from all the people doing that? Gee, then I guess we just have too many people? That is the point. On How to green your bathroom posted 1 year ago 7 Responses

  • Matter not created or destroyed?

    I get my water from a well and the waste water goes to my septic tank and leach field and back to the ground water again. So what water is wasted. City water goes to the treatment plant and back into the system. Where are we losing the water? Doesn't it all go back into the atmosphere? Of course a lot of it is being stored in the excessive numbers of human beings and their cats and dogs. Shouldn't we start reducing the number of people and their animals?On How to green your bathroom posted 1 year ago 7 Responses

  • Franken's(tein) monster

    I read "Lying Liars...." some time ago and really enjoyed it, as much as you can enjoy the black humor of the Bush Admin and its supporters, but one of the most monstrous images that I remember is his depiction of the feedlots. I wonder what steps he will take if he is elected to right this wrong as he will be battling against a very powerful lobby. Let's hope that Minnesota niceness rises up against this horror. I wish him the best.On Former funnyman Al Franken talks to Grist about Minnesota's hotly contested Senate race posted 1 year, 1 month ago 7 Responses

  • From the Titanic

    Thank you so much for addressing the real issue that no moderator or townhaller "dare" ask, "What are you suggesting that we do regarding overpopulation?" Everyone else just wants to rearrange the deck chairs.On Obama and McCain asked directly about climate change at debate posted 1 year, 1 month ago 8 Responses

  • Pick up a cast(iron)away

    Nothing better than cast iron. Look in thrift stores. Cheap. Last forever.On Umbra on green cookware posted 1 year, 1 month ago 12 Responses

  • Don't have a cow? How about....

    How about: Don't have babies. When is the Grist going to start talking to the real problem with humans and humanity. There are too *%&^%$^ing many of us. When is the government and the people of this country going to create incentives and dialogue regarding the reduction of reproduction?I'll start taking you all seriously when you start addressing the elephant in the room. Or should we just keep moving the deck chairs around on the Titanic? Does anyone read Ishmael any more? On Umbra on small steps with big impacts posted 1 year, 2 months ago 18 Responses

  • Sand up for the environment

    Anyone else tried using sand? After cleaning the box with the scooper, I then poor the sand in a bucket and clean it with water, and let it dry for a couple of days in the sun. In the meantime, of course, I use another batch of sand while I'm waiting for the first to dry. Biggest odor problem is the urine smell if not tended to every four or five days. Also the litter box is heavier with sand than fiber products. The whole operation is a little labor intensive but the out of pocket expense is nearly nothing.On A review of non-clay cat litters posted 1 year, 2 months ago 32 Responses

  • Vote for the record

    Even though one educated vote is erased by an uneducated vote, Kurt Vonnegut averred in one of his books, maybe Piano Player, "you vote for the record", you vote for your conscience. Our democracy is a joke: the majority of the populous is uninformed and have a C average. And their vote is equal to someone's who has spent hours investigating the issue and reading through truths and lies. There is a better way, but the majority is not intelligent enough to see it.On Umbra on the importance of voting posted 1 year, 2 months ago 9 Responses

  • Energy Smenergy

    Stop arguing energy sources and start reducing the population. Many problems solved. Smart up Takers.
    On An interview with Bob Barr about his presidential platform on energy and the environment posted 1 year, 2 months ago 3 Responses

  • patagonia, gonia, gone

    Sorry to be a little off topic, but my wife just received another catalog from Patagonia. A real piece of art. And FSC! But why do it? What is its environmental footprint? How much material, water and energy would be saved with email-logs only? I find their catalog highly hypocritical. I thought the new electronic age would virtually eliminate paper but I still see many clinging on to old customs and the belief that their work merits a hard copy.
     On Umbra on recycled vs. certified paper posted 1 year, 2 months ago 9 Responses

  • Make us our daily bread

    Spending hours a day preparing food like peasant women? But is there a more worthwhile human undertaking? Oh, yes, art. Yet some would argue that the preparation and presentation of food is art. On Why Paul Roberts' End of Food deserves to be digested posted 1 year, 3 months ago 14 Responses

  • Hogfest

    Jan and Tim's loss (our loss) makes me as sick to my stomach as when I saw the hogfest in Surgis with McCain speaking to the revving crowd. I just want to puke.On Ironically, a lost battle against a hog factory planted the seeds for a sustainable farm posted 1 year, 3 months ago 7 Responses

  • Perfect vs. Good Equals Compromise

    I understand Obama's apparent new twist on his energy plan.
    Politically wise, and I'll abide by it. But any tax rebates that ease the public's burden to buy more gasoline and further encouragement to source more oil is detrimental to where all our monies and efforts should be going: solar, wind, conservation, public transportation, bicycles, scooters, skates, and shoes. ALL our energies should be expended on these industries. Stop prolonging the death of oil and internal cumbustion engines in personal vehicles. I hope that his energy tax rebates are applicable only to wind and solar. Viva la electricidad y el calor del sol! When life gives you global warming make sun tea.On Should Obama consider compromise on drilling? posted 1 year, 3 months ago 4 Responses

  • Thanks

    I'm pleased to see that whenever someone wonders why we can't come up with a better car someone thinks out of the envelope and reminds us of another solution-- public transportation. I hope that all the mental energies being excercised on personal transportation might also be applied to better public transportation-- from speed trains to shared bicycles. What other ideas can we create?On Umbra on diesel hybrids posted 1 year, 4 months ago 16 Responses

  • water temp displacement

    I'm confused. In high school biology I learned that water is one of the few liquids that actually expands when frozen. A frozen pond shows the warmer water moving to the bottom of the pond, therefore more dense so that fish can still survive the winter. If global cooling occurred, what would happen to sea levels? Would the expanded ice masses then help to rise levels? Or is glacial ice different in its mass than pond or lake ice? High school was 37 years ago, maybe I'm misremembering.On Umbra on sea-level rise posted 1 year, 4 months ago 7 Responses

  • summor reading

    Don't forget "The River Why" and Barry Lopez' Songs of a Canyon Wren.On 15 green books you can actually read at the beach posted 1 year, 4 months ago 3 Responses

  • Desperado diaper ado

    Support negative population growth. If you choose to raise a child, raise one. Whether cloth or disposable the savings to the environment will far outway the debate. Having one child or none is an effective way of saving money in these tough economic times. (Which can surely be linked to overpopulation). And thank you to all of you who choose not to have children.On Umbra on the never-ending diaper ado posted 1 year, 5 months ago 25 Responses

  • water, water everywhere and not......

    I thought I heard somewhere that matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed. We drink water, we shower with it, we water with it and it all goes back into the system.
    So where is it going? It's all here. But a lot of it is being withheld in the cells of humans that have far exceeeded the population numbers recommended for a sustaninable planet. Add to this surplus number all the domesticated animals. There's just too much life going around. Maybe we and our animals could all wear those cool spacesuits that process urine and sweat and allow one to drink out of a tube. Then we could all continue to overpopulate.On Umbra on water conservation posted 1 year, 6 months ago 10 Responses

  • Suppose there was an Earth Day and nobody came.

    Earth Day should be an international holiday on which every one does, consumes, as little as possible. Nobody goes to work. If people do gather, they walk there. No electricity is used. Ideas about what else we could do without doing damage?On Umbra on Earth Day office parties posted 1 year, 7 months ago 9 Responses

  • Suppose there was an Earth Day and nobody came.

    Earth Day should be an international holiday on which every one does, consumes, as little as possible. Nobody goes to work. If people do gather, they walk there. No electricity is used. Ideas about what else we could do without doing damage?On Umbra on Earth Day office parties posted 1 year, 7 months ago 9 Responses

  • When doing nothing is doing something

    As I am less than a month away from retiring many ask me,"What are you going to do?" It always shocks them when I reply, "Drink a lot of booze, and watch a lot of TV." Truth is: a lot of good can be done for the planet by doing as little as possible. So, come on everybody, let's stay in there and do nothin'!On Umbra on video games saving the world posted 1 year, 7 months ago 10 Responses

  • china- revolutionary

    When will the rest of the world follow China's "one kid" policy? Here's a solution for almost all that ails Grist's list of  global health concerns.On China's population rapidly rising posted 1 year, 8 months ago 10 Responses

  • pearls before swine

    What happens to the oyster/mollusk after the pearl is harvested? Are they processed or made available for consumption?On Umbra on pearl production posted 1 year, 8 months ago 1 Response

  • fridge free kitchen

    I moved my fridge out of the kitchen and on to the back porch. I initially did it just because I could hear it running and I like the quiet without it. But in the winter time I'm sure it works a lot less sitting out there in the cold. I also spend a lot less time browsing with the door open when I'm standing out there in the cold!On How to green your fridge posted 1 year, 9 months ago 5 Responses

  • best car is not

    No car has ever beaten my experiences with the Honda Insight. Best gas mileage, fun to drive and pretty quiet. Of course they stopped making them.
    Now I have discovered my favorite way of transport the Honda Helix scooter. Top speed 70 mph and 60+ mpg. Fun to ride! Very dependable and easy to ride- automatic, electric start, comfortable seating posture and good wind protection from the fairings and windshield.On Umbra on used cars posted 1 year, 9 months ago 16 Responses

  • used frying oil

    What happens when you just pour it into your composter?On Umbra on used cooking oil posted 2 years ago 12 Responses

  • Christmas business cards.

    On the other end, maybe we could let the businesses that send those cards know that the snail-mailed sentiment is apprciated, but that, as suggested, they might find a better place for their money and say so in that ecard.On Umbra on corporate holiday cards posted 2 years ago 6 Responses

  • agreed mostly

    Good to see that others are thinking of the real problem- over population- and the need for governments to advocate and reward efforts taken by individuals(couples) to help create a negative
    population growth.On Voluntary actions didn't get us civil rights, and they won't fix the climate posted 2 years, 2 months ago 61 Responses

  • cycling and using transit

    Well said.On 15 Green Cars posted 2 years, 2 months ago 27 Responses

  • green cars

    Although they have stopped production, it is still hard to beat a Honda Insight for performance and gas mileage. With over 130,000 miles on mine, it's lifetime average is 50.6 miles per gallon. Honda just recently extended the battery pack warranty and the dealer installed a new pack for free after 120,000 miles and six years of service! Apparently market studies showed that a two-seater economy car was not popular with Americans because they like to put  a lot of people in a car. Maybe they meant Central and South Americans? I still see tons of big cars with one person in 'em. On 15 Green Cars posted 2 years, 2 months ago 27 Responses

  • dying of pollution

    Good news! At last the symptoms- pollution- are taking care of the problem-OVERPOPULATION.On To fulfill its environmental promises, biofuel policy needs a kick in the pants posted 2 years, 3 months ago 18 Responses

  • dying of pollution

    Good news! At last the symptoms- pollution- are taking care of the problem-OVERPOPULATION.On Three perspectives on the biofuels debate posted 2 years, 3 months ago 18 Responses

  • dying of pollution

    Good news! At last the symptoms- pollution- are taking care of the problem-OVERPOPULATION.On Toward a community-owned, decentralized biofuel future posted 2 years, 3 months ago 18 Responses

  • dying of pollution

    Good news! At last the symptoms- pollution- are taking care of the problem-OVERPOPULATION.On An interview with David Pimentel posted 2 years, 3 months ago 18 Responses

  • green candidates

    Not one candidate has yet to address the real problem-- overpopulation. When will one of them suggest a taxplan which will not give  deductions based on dependents? Let´s start addressing the real problem and not just the symptoms.On Interviews and info on the presidential candidates' environmental positions posted 2 years, 3 months ago 53 Responses

  • hillary

    When are these green politicos going to attack the cause of global warming and not the symptoms? Not one has addressed the problem of overpopulation. None is offering any incentives,i.e, tax plans to encourage smaller families.On An interview with Hillary Clinton about her presidential platform on energy and the environment posted 2 years, 3 months ago 32 Responses

  • fireworks-global warming

    In Nelson DeMille's latest novel he refers to the following as an old joke: What's the solution to global warming?   Nuclear winter.....On Umbra on fireworks posted 2 years, 4 months ago 11 Responses

  • solar water heater

    I currently use a tankless water heater that uses propane. Propane aint cheap. So I use a solar water shower bag sold by most camping stores. I then bring it in to hand wash my dishes and rinse  with cold. Of course you have to put up with a sink full of dirty dishes until the bag warms up, but it's free hot water.
    BailsoutOn Umbra on solar hot-water systems posted 2 years, 5 months ago 3 Responses

  • bike tires

    If you want to eliminate the wires in the tires you can still go back to the old silk sew-up tires which are still on my old ten-speed. They're old but still hold air and you can't beat em for weight and foldability for packing a spare.On Umbra on bicycle tires posted 2 years, 7 months ago 11 Responses

  • water usage

    I get my water from my well. Any sources for buying a water meter?On Umbra on water conservation posted 2 years, 7 months ago 15 Responses

  • population control toward climate control

    Not a single word on creating incentives for couples to not have children or fewer children.On An interview with Rep. Ed Markey about the politics of climate change posted 2 years, 8 months ago 6 Responses

  • Green sex

    Hats off(or is it pants up) to you for mentioning the birth  control issue and the reduction of consumers as key to solving all of our problems or at least ameliorating them. When will Gore and all those other politicos start acknowledging this step toward a greener planet? Do they dare attack the sacred cow of dependents deductions, etc?On Umbra on greening your sex life posted 2 years, 8 months ago 12 Responses

  • organic gin

    If you can't find organic gin (the Bluecoat Gin that you mentioned in your article is only available in a few states on the east coast) at least buy local gin. I have abstained from the imports. California gins, unlike the imports, tends to be lower octane- 80 proof, but it still makes me feel fine and a little greener knowing that it comes from nearby.On Umbra on organic liquors posted 2 years, 8 months ago 5 Responses

  • hot water

    In the winter, I keep my tea kettle on my wood-burning stove and the water is kept close to boiling by setting it a little off the side. In the summer, I make sun tea. The microwave does make for good backup.On Umbra on boiling water for tea posted 2 years, 9 months ago 23 Responses

  • balisout comment

    oops, I didn't preview and saw my are/our error.On My presidential platform calls for clean air and no war. What about yours? posted 2 years, 9 months ago 23 Responses

  • political platform

    As a teacher and a taxpayer and a former highschool coach I am really becoming more upset with highschool sports, in particular those which have game schedules that require students to miss class. I thought are tax dollars were supposed to go to education. And yes, there is education in a sport regimen, but it should not conflict with the academic. As far as I know the US is the only
    country that supports sports in the schools. Maybe our test scores would go up if students were
    not missing classes due to sports. If a politico wanted to promise his voters a reduction in taxes, how much could be reduced by eliminating all of the sports in the schools. As part of a Green platform think of the savings in transportation just for sports.On My presidential platform calls for clean air and no war. What about yours? posted 2 years, 9 months ago 23 Responses