Recycling is sort of a red-herring. In many ways it actually contributes more to over-all pollution and increases the production and the use of plastics. &nb... moreRecycling is sort of a red-herring. In many ways it actually contributes more to over-all pollution and increases the production and the use of plastics. How come there is no focus on separating organic waste that when added to the land benefits it from inorganic waste that damages it?The decomposed organic waste can even be saved and put into the market to offset costs and decrease the use of chemical fertilizers and soil compounds taken from the land.This would greatly reduce the size used for our dumping grounds of less environmentally friendly waste.Plastic recycling still needs new plastic for the process and requires more energy than virgin plastics. Glass can be 100% recycled but has no significant damaging health effect on the environment and transporting it to recycling just adds to the air pollution. Paper recycling is about a wash. The recycling of metal is really the only good that is concrete in being better to recycle than throw away.Got to bett... less
I'm down to the last five pages now of Charles Pellegrino book, UNEARTHING ATLANTIS…and Pellegrino is philosophizing with the underwater sea guy, Jacques Cousteau.
Cousteau ... moreI'm down to the last five pages now of Charles Pellegrino book, UNEARTHING ATLANTIS…and Pellegrino is philosophizing with the underwater sea guy, Jacques Cousteau.
Cousteau says; “People have no respect for the Earth; its power, its majesty. We need it to survive, but it doesn’t need us. The planet existed 4½ billion years without us, and if we’re not careful, we may be as extinct as the brontosaurus one day.”
Well my question, is that really true, is Cousteau correct? Scientist-inventor James Lovelock, and his Gaia hypothesis, that the Earth is a living being…well what if the Earth ‘loves’ us, and if not exactly ‘needing’ us, still thrives better with our presence here?
I know for a fact the Earth can be stronger for our presence; some of the old-time loggers here in Washington State have shown me how a forest can be healthier, more vigorous and beautiful if we come in and log with thoughtfulness! less
Bit cold today but the colours are fabulous; the yellows of forsythia, daffodils and the whites and pinks of magnolia and chinese blossom trees, along with blue skies.
"Heavy snow likely in DC area Monday night/paralyzing blizzard from New York to Boston"! That's terrible! Sounds dangerous. Now in Hemet, California tomorrow the high will be 90! I... more"Heavy snow likely in DC area Monday night/paralyzing blizzard from New York to Boston"! That's terrible! Sounds dangerous. Now in Hemet, California tomorrow the high will be 90! I'm not joking. How about we apply our heat to your blizzard and turn it into rain? How hard could it be?
