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I love how

I love how Northern Ireland's environment minister banned enviro ads but these ads are aired with alarming frequency here.On FCC and FTC need to hold 'clean coal' ads accountable to reality posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 3 Responses

WTF?

What happened to good old-fashioned layering of clothes? The lengths people will go to for comfort, using technology, wasting money and resources, when all they need to do is wear long johns, a shirt under a sweater, wool socks, and a hat, is insane.

Can you imagine the waste stream and the natural resources being wasted, as well as the environmental destruction, if tens of millions of people all bought "heated" clothing?On How to save the planet with heated clothing posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago 11 Responses

Sweet Georgia Brown!

Georgia - wator vapor is a greenhouse gas. It is not a pollutant. Its levels have remained more or less constant since the industrial revolution.

O2 is not a greenhouse gas. Nor is it a pollutant.

CO2 is both. Legally, and as far as common sense dictate.

As I very simply stated prior, the greenhouse effect contributes to warming. Simple, and verifiably true.On Few Americans are ever likely to see George W. Bush's greatest environmental legacy posted 10 months, 1 week ago 7 Responses

We need a price on carbon

The reason we need a price on carbon is to show that we are going to charge polluters for polluting. As a first step (in the Northeast anyway) it was very smart, and a vital first step.

Retiring permits can also drive up the price; my site, Carbon Purging allows clients to purchase the rights to retire CO2 permits from RGGI AND the European Union Emission Trading Scheme.On Will carbon cap-and-trade be the next Ponzi scheme? posted 11 months ago 21 Responses

Nothing is wrong with CCS...

except it doesn't exist, mountaintop mining still ruins vast landscapes and ecosystems, and to implement CCS on such a scale as to actually help out, it would cost billions that the coal companies will not pay.On Coal front group sets up 'Blogger Brigade' to fight reality posted 11 months, 1 week ago 5 Responses

sigh.

I like art. I like reducing my carbon footprint. But unless these paintings are made of fully recycled and recyclable materials, use 100% natural paints, and actively suck up CO2, they cannot reduce ones carbon footprint. It truly bothers me when anything green-related is touted as helping to save something or reduce CO2 when materials used to produce said products cause CO2 emissions, among other atrocities.

p.s. A hybrid SUV is not "green". Buying a new vehicle because it has less emissions than a current vehicle is worse than keeping your higher-pulluting vehicle.

<Removes self from soapbox>On From 50 to Felony posted 1 year ago 4 Responses

AMA

Audrae - that rhetoric is highly questionable.

1.) Per http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20080618/sweetener-gets-un ...

"We do recommend consumers limit the amount of all added caloric sweeteners to no more than 32 grams of sugar daily based on a 2,000 calorie diet in accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans," Dolan says.

The AMA acknowledges that obesity rates have soared in recent decades, in sync with the growing use of high fructose corn syrup."

2.) HFCS doesn't actually exist anywhere in nature. It is a manufactured product created by using enzymes (two natural, one synthetic) to increase the fructose content of corn syrup to about 90%. This super high fructose syrup is then blended "down" with a 100% glucose corn syrup to create various mixes. HFCS 55, for example, which is 55% fructose and 45% glucose is the mix used most commonly in beverages. HFCS 42 is the blend used more commonly in baked goods.

3.) Yes, it's absolutely true that high fructose corn syrup is made from corn, but it doesn't mean anything. Biodiesel is made from corn too, and you wouldn't want to see that used as a food additive.

4.) The AMA also states: "But [the AMA] called for further independent research to be done on the health effects of high fructose syrup and other sweeteners."

They then went on to say:

"We do recommend consumers limit the amount of all added caloric sweeteners to no more than 32 grams of sugar daily."

...and "Currently, there are few available studies on the health effects of high fructose syrup and most are focused on the short-term effects."

5.) It is in everything and Americans eat a lot of it - nearly 60 lbs. per capita in 2006. The claim is it is "healthy" when consumed in moderation - the problem is it is not consumed in moderation. Your company's lobbying efforts have directly caused this.

The fact is, high-fructose corn syrup is reviled for contributing to everything from the obesity epidemic to rising rates of childhood diabetes.On The story behind the corn industry's cloying ad blitz posted 1 year, 1 month ago 12 Responses

Red Sox won

Good points; good article; Red Sox won.On GM flack misuses Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science (!) to defend Lutz climate skepticism posted 1 year, 2 months ago 12 Responses

Problem with the root of the problem

The attack was due to religious indoctrination implemented to justify hating US lifestyles. I'm not saying how the US operates is good, but nobody should murder over it. Justifying bin Laden's demands as reasonable is atrocious and egregious. Whatever his demands, the effect they had was thousands of lives affected in the worst way possible. That certainly is not reasonable.

To suggest that a political leader should go on record stating that we need to simplify and consume less "so that they won't hate us and this won't happen again" is a fallacy and ridiculous. We need to simplify and consume less for multitudes of reasons; missing in that list of reasons is preventing someone from hating us. Many Americans would consume more just out of spite if they heard such a statement.

I agree with addressing a problem's roots. The roots here are not another country hating us, but for the US to get back to its own roots and be self-sufficient and realize that consumption does not make one happy; connectedness, community involvement, and being a strong person do.On Obama mentions green programs in 9/11 public-service forum posted 1 year, 2 months ago 6 Responses

Detox Foot Pads

...are a sham.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detox_foot_padOn Umbra on diet soda posted 1 year, 3 months ago 13 Responses

Which Makes More Sense

Which makes more sense:

Giving oil companies tax breaks

or

Removing the subsidies and using the $ to help our economy, gas prices, and renewable power generation?

Which makes more sense:

Allowing drilling on pristine lands to make a few bucks and a few million barrels of oil, while causing havoc on the environment

or

Allowing the land to remain pristine and valuable as a natural resource?

Which makes more sense:

Burning coal and oil - pollutants...

or

Using renewable energy which causes zero pollution and would reduce asthma rates, acid rain, AND help slow global warming?

Bailo, ignorance is bliss.On Sierra Club ads defend Dems who are 'standing strong against Big Oil' posted 1 year, 4 months ago 4 Responses

Con-vexing

A large building with a convex curve with said curve facing south with the best light-allowing glass would work wonderfully. The north side of the building can be used to store rain barrels for water. With ample natural light, a wind turbine or two on the building should suffice.

Fiber optics could also channel sunlight, as well.On Sustainability a big theme at the World Science Festival posted 1 year, 5 months ago 17 Responses

This Bud's for You

Bud- in response to

[new] i 'm an organic farmer but even i don't; believe we can feed the world organically.
right now most of the people on this planet cannot afford to eat well much less buy organic.  we need to get real and realize that technology to increase organic crop yields is important to long term sustainable food production. not every one has the access OR luxury to afford organic food.

I would like to disagree. Organic farming has healthier yields than non-organic; and if every neighborhood or many houses in a neighborhood started a community or back yard garden, these additional food sources could easily make up for the possible lower yields organic farming creates. For areas without access to water, rain barrels work wonderfully.On Are 'organic pesticides' the way forward for organic agriculture? posted 1 year, 6 months ago 16 Responses

Quit your whining

And enjoy the cartoon, canis. That's right- CARTOON. Plus, the elephants weren't suffering- they looked happy crushing humans and cars.On View the winners of the '60 Seconds to Save the Earth' ecospot contest posted 1 year, 9 months ago 4 Responses

I want what I want

jabailo- who said anything about what a polar bear wants? Nobody did, nor was it inferred. Polar bears live in the arctic because they have adapted to it; it's not that they want to or don't want to, they just DO.On Bush administration will offer oil leases in prime polar-bear habitat posted 1 year, 11 months ago 13 Responses

Don't forget

HANS "PANCAKE" TIRRY.On A funny for word nerds posted 2 years, 3 months ago 1 Response