In this list, I particularly like the mercury content argument regarding CF Bulbs. There is a lot of chatter out there about CF bulbs being more dangerous because of the mercury content, but the savings in electricity and its use, must ALWAYS consider the method by which your electricity is predominantly generated. When the CS [...]
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The most disappointing part of this story is that one of the iconic promises made by Obama, that fuelled the `yes we can`change and hope `rocket`, was to strictly limit lobbyist access to Congress and the White House. There can be no doubt that you need experts to draft legislation, and I also have [...] You know how you used reverse psychology to get your little brother to tell you where he saw a really cool frog in the creek near your house. As a kid, I am sure you found that reverse psychology was a valuable part of the scientific method, and a kingpin in the critical thinking [...] You would expect the current, catastrophic, economic crisis to be the ’stimulus’ required to push any fence sitters on ‘global warming’ off the fence. At a time when the workers from main street and wall street, alike, are suffering the wrath of the economic slowdown, large burdensome government taxes and overhead, is bound to [...] Every time I see a study or hear scientific analysis that proposes carbon capture, as a good idea, I turn to common sense just in time. If the whole intent of these new technologies, is to minimize “artificial damage” done to the earth’s sensitive ecology, I find it hard to believe that pumping billions [...] In an economic downturn, governments everywhere are grasping for any and all ways to “save or create” new jobs, in order to stave off the social unrest that is sure to ensue should dire circumstances remain. One purported way that government stimulus is going to create new jobs, is in the so-called green job [...] One of the biggest issues I have with “cap and trade” schemes, is the fact that they hardly every seek to actually reduce carbon emissions. They mostly serve to create a new economy and industry of trading around pollution credits to allow “bad” industries to pollute, after paying a “good” company to do so. [...] The problem with carbon emission criticisms of cow and sheep flatulence, is that they don’t really stand the test of time. We are omnivores, and have been for some time now. We have also managed and domesticated animals for hundreds or thousands of years. What kind of flatulance can you image came [...] Some foods are already displaying “carbon reduction labels” alongside the ingredients to show how much of the greenhouse gas was produced in the manufacture of a product. However a report from the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) said a proliferation of different environmental labels are confusing for consumers and allow companies to appear more eco-friendly than they [...] SAN FRANCISCO — It sounds like such a simple thing to do: buy some new light bulbs, screw them in, save the planet. But a lot of people these days are finding the new compact fluorescent bulbs anything but simple. Consumers who are trying them say they sometimes fail to work, or wear out early. [...] |
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