tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post1949180608796619289..comments2023-11-02T23:27:19.329+11:00Comments on A Curates Egg: Recycling - Part IILeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-72836837773557031142007-10-30T08:22:00.000+11:002007-10-30T08:22:00.000+11:00we've had a drought here in NC too - water table i...we've had a drought here in NC too - water table is 20 inches below normal - people in parts of the county have their wells drying up - yet they continue to build lots of good asphalt roads and excellent shopping malls with no green spaces or bike lanes - sighbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560640052624944665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-7429672234569204762007-10-04T20:10:00.000+10:002007-10-04T20:10:00.000+10:00I suppose it is "better to light one small candle ...I suppose it is "better to light one small candle than rage against the dark", but the "third world" as we called it is now coming on stream (India and China) and they quite rightly are wanting what we have had. And so the vehicles multiply and the "dirty" power stations are building at a rate.<BR/>I always cycle the 3 miles into town (and enjoy it), but I feel I am being overcome by the tide.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-91990321694600918162007-10-04T14:22:00.000+10:002007-10-04T14:22:00.000+10:00I drive a car...not much into bicycle riding these...I drive a car...not much into bicycle riding these days, particularly with the range road to face! And as for walking, well, it's a bit too far to the supermarket for me to do that...I would starve before I got there!<BR/><BR/>I did burn some charcoal the other day for my barbecue...oops.<BR/><BR/>I do recycle where possible, and don't cycle because it's impossible! ;)<BR/><BR/>I think I do my small bit for the universe wherever and whenever I can.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-30313574553051186862007-10-04T08:55:00.000+10:002007-10-04T08:55:00.000+10:00We don't have to educate all of them - just the on...We don't have to educate all of them - just the ones that make the decisions.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-66442791856578253592007-10-04T03:40:00.000+10:002007-10-04T03:40:00.000+10:00OMG...when you put it that way...Now I started to ...OMG...when you put it that way...Now I started to feel scared.<BR/>have I done my bits? I hope so. And many more need to be done.<BR/>The success will depends on the entire population... <BR/>and the Q again...how do we educate all this people?...drNOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460990564031664144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-47918257234483153982007-10-03T22:59:00.000+10:002007-10-03T22:59:00.000+10:00Ditto!! You and Gargoyle will go on for ever about...Ditto!! You and Gargoyle will go on for ever about this, his passion too.<BR/>We do as Bee say, turn lights off, recycle, use boxes instead of plastic etc etc. Even our electricity comes 70% now from the Albany wind farms,we pay more but we want to try and do our bit.<BR/><BR/>But yes, it will take for ever, no one listens and are to selfish to care is my opinion.Fleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14277854645434859624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-16310041639024422542007-10-03T21:39:00.000+10:002007-10-03T21:39:00.000+10:00Preach away. They are all good questions.Preach away. They are all good questions.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-71480742398433455612007-10-03T20:28:00.000+10:002007-10-03T20:28:00.000+10:00Oh dear, here I go...So, it's obvious to me and lo...Oh dear, here I go...<BR/><BR/>So, it's obvious to me and lots of you out there that we are messing things up. I know things need to change on a grand scale and all that but WHAT are YOU doing about it? (not just you Lee...).<BR/><BR/>Do you drive a car? Do you choose to walk, cycle or catch public transport? Yes, I know, often more hassle but thats what it takes.<BR/><BR/>Do you refuse carrier bags? Do you leave all your lights on? Do you choose to buy green power?<BR/><BR/>Woops, started preaching...how rude of me on your blog Lee!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936827823041832459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-23627138486779637652007-10-03T14:40:00.000+10:002007-10-03T14:40:00.000+10:00Nature has changed the climate before,and it is a ...Nature has changed the climate before,and it is a parallel of what is happening now, only nowhere near as quick. Carbon dioxide build up in the atmosphere, temperature rises, ice-caps melt, ocean currents cease, seas stagnate, algae flourishes and removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, temperatures fall.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-54233895615656078002007-10-03T14:14:00.000+10:002007-10-03T14:14:00.000+10:00I like to think of Wolfe's story, "Orlando" which ...I like to think of Wolfe's story, "Orlando" which taught me that there was a time, not so many centuries ago, where rivers froze that should not, and people starved and froze.<BR/><BR/>I would never suggest that we are not the cause of this particular climate "hiccup" - nor would I suggest that it hasn't the potential to be the end-all/be-all of changes (at least for the infamous "life-as-we-know-it"). <BR/><BR/>Knowing that nature has devastatingly changed climates without our meddling makes my recognition of current changes - in which (I believe) we have meddled greatly - only more frightening.Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758977872663382006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-6820097194261456832007-10-03T00:10:00.000+10:002007-10-03T00:10:00.000+10:00Clearly explained, thank you Lee.The fragility of ...Clearly explained, thank you Lee.<BR/><BR/>The fragility of closed systems should be familiar to anyone who has ever tried to maintain a healthy goldfish bowl, an aquarium or a garden pond.<BR/><BR/>As humans, we simply are not working hard enough to maintain our only home.Peter Bryentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581859685728207325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-612590776849236762007-10-02T18:47:00.000+10:002007-10-02T18:47:00.000+10:00It seems to me, as a layman, that the biggest prob...It seems to me, as a layman, that the biggest problem on this planet is that people, in general, will always resist change or any ideas of change. You see this in religion, in any scheme for modernisation, in the minutia of every day life - we resist anything that will disturb our rigid concepts of what life is about.<BR/><BR/>I'm not surprised you were poo-pooed, Lee, and I don't suppose that the arrival of the first shipment of Chinese teddy bears to Europe via the North-West Passage will change the minds of those who do not want to hear.Canbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200641842907969231noreply@blogger.com