Comments yankee has made

  • Good for you!

    And I would expect no less of a response from you than "Anyway, that's it. I'm done with industrial meat. It's evil. And it's fucking gross."

    We became vegetarians 3 years ago for the same reason. I'd actually like to become vegan, but in the meantime I'm trying to find locally sourced dairy (Ronnybrook, etc). My husband being lactose intolerant, though, means plenty of vegan meals during the week.

    I highly recommend the cookbook "A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen" by Jack Bishop. Almost every recipe I've ever made from that book is pretty easy and really tasty.

    yankee (nyc.theoildrum.com)

    On That's it for me and industrial meat posted 2 years, 9 months ago 46 Responses

  • Just for the record...

    ...Jim Webb is the candidate in Virginia. You might want to change that for the archives.

    yankee (nyc.theoildrum.com)

    On Wins posted 3 years ago 3 Responses

  • On the web

    Thanks for pointing this out. You know, if you go to their website, you can actually download the article about the 13 scariest Americans.

    yankee (nyc.theoildrum.com)

    On Massey Energy CEO is a really bad dude posted 3 years, 1 month ago 7 Responses

  • And what about the cows?

    Not to mention that even if manure leached into the watershed, maybe we should be asking what conditions caused the manure to have higher than normal/safe levels of E. coli. Organic vegetable production couldn't be seen as a problem if we treated the animals with the necessary care. On Latest E. coli outbreak should prompt rethink of industrial agriculture posted 3 years, 2 months ago 8 Responses

  • FYI

    (When I say I've been blogging about the lack of understanding about science, I mean that I've been doing that at my personal blog, not TOD. So don't go over there expecting to see my rantings on the issue.)

    yankee (www.theoildrum.com)

    On I'm goin' back to Noonan, Noonan, Noonan posted 3 years, 4 months ago 8 Responses

  • Can we teach them to understand what science is?

    I've been blogging all week about the utter disregard for science displayed both by this administration and by the American people in general (James  Inhofe, anyone?). But this piece of steaming, well, you know, by Noonan is really the icing on the Republican cake. It is unbelievable that these otherwise fairly well educated people simply refused to understand what science is. Why on earth would anyone (well, anyone who's fairly well adjusted) want global warming to actually be true? Why would any scientist want to be showing herself over and over again that the world is headed for a very bad place, and probably in her lifetime too? It just doesn't make sense.

    In this country's past, we have decried regimes that have killed or silenced intellectuals and scientists (think Pol Pot), so why are we becoming a nation that does the same?

    yankee (www.theoildrum.com)

    On I'm goin' back to Noonan, Noonan, Noonan posted 3 years, 4 months ago 8 Responses

  • playgrounds

    Ask him why people living in the suburbs don't want community playgrounds. To be more specific--I was visiting a friend this weekend who lives in a big suburban Toll Brothers development, and they have a community pool, but no playground. As a resident of NYC, I found this odd. Parents love the playgrounds here because it gives them a chance to meet and commiserate with other parents. All while the kids play. But in these burb communities, everyone builds their own swingsets. I don't get it. If there were a playground in walking distance, and in the planned community, would people use it?

    yankee (www.theoildrum.com)

    On What should I ask Anthony Flint? posted 3 years, 5 months ago 3 Responses

  • Yes, a hoax

    I'm not sure when Jeff posted his update (maybe you didn't see it), but The Oil Drum reported on May 1 that this story is indeed a hoax.

    yankee (www.theoildrum.com)

    On 60 billion barrels off the coast of Louisiana?! posted 3 years, 6 months ago 4 Responses

  • What about the other extreme?

    I only briefly started reading some papers by Light not long ago, but I ended up sidetracked. Still, maybe you could explain one thing, Dave. It seems like the extreme endpoint of anthropocentric environmental ethics is that humans should be able to hold dominion over nature: control it and (recklessly) take from it what we want. Yet, that extreme is not at all reflected in what you write in this post. I can see how academic philosophers take theoretically divergent positions while all the while actually supporting a healthy environment, but where does the extreme position--which seems to be reflected by governments and corporations--fit in? Maybe it's just not ethical, and therefore doesn't fit into the purview of the discipline.

    yankee (www.theoildrum.com)

    On Environmental ethics posted 3 years, 8 months ago 5 Responses

  • Not fair!

    Hey, that's not fair! The very first comment on TOD for that post is from me noting that Gristmill had "a lively discussion" about the Obama speech.

    You may not believe this, but I actually had your post bookmarked on my Bloglines, and I was going to post about it and link to you, but Stuart got to it first.

    If you do a search on TOD for "Gristmill", you'll find that there are 12 results, all of them for posts that give a hat tip to Gristmill (or more directly to you).

    We're not blind to you at TOD!

    yankee (www.theoildrum.com)

    On Is this thing on? posted 3 years, 9 months ago 8 Responses

  • not all great, either

    I don't know, I wasn't all that encouraged by what I read at Digg (although I had to laugh with the poster who said "insane!...typical arrogance of the lightweight-tech crowd. folks, just admit it, you know NOTHING about this topic or industry. NEITHER DO I, but at least i know to read to right sources, analyse their information, and know when i have NO CLUE").

    These guys immediately latched on to abiotic oil, but few of them pointed out reputable sources trying to provide information about peak oil. It's like that proverbial story about when Kunstler tried to address the Google employees on the PO issue, and they were like, "But we have technology, dude!"

    yankee (www.theoildrum.com)

    On Geeks and peak oil posted 4 years ago 5 Responses