Is it possible that one has landed on your head? Why are you posting such things in a serious thread? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by imthefoolonthehill
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Is it possible that one has landed on your head? Why are you posting such things in a serious thread? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by imthefoolonthehill
I find it kinda funnyQuote:
Originally Posted by imthefoolonthehill
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which earth is dying
Are the best I have ever had...
Probably should have been in What Are You Thinking Now thread.
Ah, someone who dissents from the foolishness of the world. A ture rebel. I like you. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by imthefoolonthehill
okay, okay. I get that you think global warming is fake, but is it really foolish to recycle? I guess you're set in your ways though so I won't say anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
It depends. It depends on what the cost of recycling is. Recycling paper is actually a net financial gain. It costs less to recycle than to make new. That makes perfect sense. The last time I had read up, plasitic and bottles are a net financial loss, at least in the area I live in. It probably depends on where you live, the cost of garbage disposal. I recently read that in Naples, Italy, they have garbage piling up because land fills are full. I can understand recycling plastic and bottles there, if it helps. But in a place where garbage disposal is relatively easy, where miles and miles of land is available, then why are we paying more? Plus, dirty plastic and bottles laying around in a recycling pail attract roaches and rats, and potentially diseases. That's why they ask you to wash out your recycling bottles. But then, we're wasting water, and in some parts of the world, actually most, that's pretty precious. So I'm running up my water bill to clean out bottles I'm throwing out?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
Anyway I do recycle.
One person's foolishness is another persons just cause.
However, if anyone would like to debate the merits of the green movement perhaps that would best be suited for it's own thread.
How I help Mother Earth:
1) I perform regular maintenance on my truck.
2) I use energy saver bulbs
3) I buy "energy star" appliances whenever possible.
4) I put on an extra sweater in the winter instead of turning up the heat. (heat goes up no higher than to 12.5 C)
5) I dont buy products with excess packaging.
6) I walk when possible.
7) I turn off lights.
8) I clear the snow myself instead of using one of those horrible snow-blowers.
9) I use rechargable batteries
10) I follow the correct instructions for disposal of waste (eg not pouring chemical down the drain; not throwing batteries in the garbage; waiting for the Hazardous waste day to get rid of paint cans etc.....)
Of course the majority of this really only means that I have lower bills.
12.5C is 54.5F. :eek: :cold: :cold: That's cold. First of all, my wife would never go for that. And frankly as cheap as i am :p i couldn't take it that cold. I keep it at 68F, which is 20C, and people complain about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Yeah, what the heck? Just one extra sweater?:cold:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Yeah, but keeping the heat lower just means another excuse for snuggling:brow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
The good thing about my house is that the kitchen/living/dining area is open plan so the heat from the cooker when cooking provides some extra heat to the whole area also.
However, I am quite stingy & cheap.:nod:
^^We use extra sweaters too!!! Lol.
A)We're kinda poor, so our house isn't heated AT ALL. We live in Ontario, Canada, meaning that it's sitting at about 0 degrees Celcius or lower right now. Sooo we wear lots of sweaters and blankets and lots of cuddling XD
Speaking of saving electricity, here, electricity remains turned off for more than 30% of the whole day. I guess our nation is helping the earth quite a lot in this way....load shedding and load shedding.
Yep, I am in Ontario too, over on the shore of Lake Huron.....Quote:
Originally Posted by BeccaT
Yep, hell I've wandered around in a t-shirt in colder temperatures than that. Once summer gets here all my sweaters get packed up and put in the storage room.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Becca,Quote:
Originally Posted by BeccaT
we aren't exactly poor but we mostly don't use heat in the winter either except once in a while to prevent mildew and such.
Virgil, you sound a little pampered.
What I do and my family is:
We walk a lot, we rarely use the car
We make most food from scratch so avoiding tons of plastic wrap and those tedious foam packaging.
We recycle and we make paper out of newspapers and such and use them for crafts and gifts, the paper is beautiful
We use healthy candles, beeswax is very healthful, a lot instead of lighting with electricity.
We wear lots of sweaters and warm socks and find we rarely get ill from stuffy overheating of the home.
We drink a lot of tea, coffee and hot chocolate and it is fun!
I thought you might find this interesting. from Readers Digest:
Living Green: Full Country and City Rankings
We analyzed data from two top sources covering 141 nations to rank the world's greenest, most livable places. View the complete city and country rankings.
By Matthew E. Kahn, PhD, and Fran Lostys
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Countries Overall
1. Finland
2. Iceland
3. Norway
4. Sweden
5. Austria
6. Switzerland
7. Ireland
8. Australia
9. Uruguay
10. Denmark
11. Canada
12. Japan
13. Israel
14. Italy
15. Slovenia
16. France
17. Netherlands
18. Portugal
19. New Zealand
20. Greece
21. Germany
22. Latvia
23. United States
24. Lithuania
25. United Kingdom
26. Belgium
27. Argentina
28. Croatia
29. Spain
30. Hungary
31. Albania
32. Estonia
33. Slovakia
34. Costa Rica
35. South Korea
36. Cuba
37. Belarus
38. Czech Republic
39. Bosnia and Herzegovina
40. Brazil
41. Panama
42. Armenia
43. Chile
44. Paraguay
45. United Arab Emirates
46. Macedonia
47. Bulgaria
48. Poland
49. Kuwait
50. Oman
51. Russia
52. Peru
53. Colombia
54. Malaysia
55. Guyana
56. Romania
57. Trinidad & Tobago
58. Georgia
59. Kazakhstan
60. Moldova
61. Thailand
62. Tunisia
63. Mexico
64. Libya
65. Ukraine
66. Sri Lanka
67. Lebanon
68. Venezuela
69. Ecuador
70. Turkey
71. Jordan
72. Algeria
73. Kyrgyzstan
74. Azerbaijan
75. Bolivia
76. Gabon
77. Dominican Republic
78. Syria
79. El Salvador
80. Saudi Arabia
81. Jamaica
82. Indonesia
83. Iran
84. China
85. Nicaragua
86. Namibia
87. Philippines
88. Egypt
89. Mongolia
90. Viet Nam
91. Myanmar
92. Honduras
93. Botswana
94. Turkmenistan
95. Tajikistan
96. South Africa
97. Guatemala
98. Cambodia
99. Uzbekistan
100. Bhutan
101. Laos
102. Morocco
103. Ghana
104. India
105. Congo
106. Cameroon
107. Uganda
108. Nepal
109. Papua New Guinea
110. Gambia
111. Bangladesh
112. Madagascar
113. Senegal
114. Togo
115. Pakistan
116. Kenya
117. Rwanda
118. Guinea
119. Zimbabwe
120. Zambia
121. Nigeria
122. Sudan
123. Tanzania
124. Benin
125. Central Africa Republic
126. Malawi
127. Mauritania
128. Yemen
129. Angola
130. Côte d'Ivoire
131. Democratic Republic of the Congo
132. Haiti
133. Mali
134. Guinea-Bissau
135. Mozambique
136. Burundi
137. Chad
138. Burkina Faso
139. Sierra Leone
140. Niger
141. Ethiopia