Save the EARTH

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Population is driving many of our macro problems. The population of the earth has doubled in the past 50 years and conversely the animal population has decreased by 60%. Sad numbers. Most of the growth is in 3rd world countries too.

Give war a chance....

Peace sells, but who's buying?

[HONDO74]

Population is driving many of our macro problems. The population of the earth has doubled in the past 50 years and conversely the animal population has decreased by 60%. Sad numbers. Most of the growth is in 3rd world countries too.

Give war a chance....

That's working in Africa right now. They are doing a good job of killing each other.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Population is driving many of our macro problems. The population of the earth has doubled in the past 50 years and conversely the animal population has decreased by 60%. Sad numbers. Most of the growth is in 3rd world countries too.

Give war a chance....

That's working in Africa right now. They are doing a good job of killing each other.

They used to just starve; now they've reactivated taking population control to an active mode.

[rex desilets]

Forgot to give credit...that is the title of a book by P.J. O'Rourke.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Forgot to give credit...that is the title of a book by P.J. O'Rourke.

Peace Sells...but Who's Buying --> Megadeath (David Mustaine)

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Give war a chance....

That's working in Africa right now. They are doing a good job of killing each other.

They used to just starve; now they've reactivated taking population control to an active mode.

Wouldn't it be nice if they gave the same energies to having clean water.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That's working in Africa right now. They are doing a good job of killing each other.

They used to just starve; now they've reactivated taking population control to an active mode.

Wouldn't it be nice if they gave the same energies to having clean water.

Water is in limited supply in many places and control over it is something that is fought over. Control water and you control people.

[Roy]

I hope they make a lot of solar beer.

[MYmoo]

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[HONDO74]

Interesting from the BBC

Stop abusing land, scientists warn
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49149761

Scientists are to deliver a stark condemnation of the damage being done to the land surface of the planet.

Human activities have led to the degrading of soils, expanded deserts, felled forests, driven out wildlife, and drained peatlands, they will say.

In the process, land has been turned from an asset that combats climate change into a major source of carbon.

The scientists will say this land abuse must be stopped to avoid catastrophic climate heating.

Uncultivated land covered with vegetation protects us from overheating because the plants absorb the warming gas CO2 from the air and fix it in the soil.

But the scientists meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, will say the way we farm and grow timber often actually increases emissions of carbon dioxide.

Between a quarter and a third of all greenhouse gas emissions are now estimated to come from land use.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Might be worth reading the entire thing.......

[healey36]

Got a notice from our local refuse company outlining what is and isn't acceptable for recycling. Most of it makes sense to me, with the exception of plastic motor oil containers. I've always rinsed them out thoroughly with soap and water, then tossed them in the recycling bin...apparently that's not allowed, despite the fact that they are clearly marked on the underside as recyclable. It's going to bug me tossing a five-quart motor oil container in the trash.

Of course I hear a lot of this stuff ultimately goes into the trash anyway, since China, India, and a number of other countries have stopped buying bales of US "recyclables".

Healey

[HONDO74]

Of course I hear a lot of this stuff ultimately goes into the trash anyway, since China, India, and a number of other countries have stopped buying bales of US "recyclables".

Healey

The problem was that they were being shipped a lot of trash mixed in with the recyclables. The Philippines just shipped back a boat load of trash to Canada that was supposed to be "recyclables"

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Got a notice from our local refuse company outlining what is and isn't acceptable for recycling. Most of it makes sense to me....Healey

One of the items recently announced as forbidden in our paper-products recyclables is pizza boxes. Huh? How do they offend, I wonder. Newspapers, magazines, and other paper products are put at the curb in cardboard boxes when one is lucky enough to have them by happenstance on-hand. Yet, a pizza box is a No-no.

[sleepmac]

Murph, the pizza grease contaminates the cardboard, making it unusable for recycling, so I'm told.

Dan Weinhold