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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (58774)	4/28/2007 4:58:52 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

The less copper I use, the less copper mining will go on. The less silicon I use, the less silicon foundries there will be. WELL, ignoring certain facts that make that statement laughable, YOU just created the greatest unemployment problem in the history of Mankind! What you're ignoring so blithely is en.wikipedia.org geography.about.com See that spike right at the end? In 1950, there were 2.4 billion people. There are now 6.5 billion. Do you think those billions are just going to lie down and let you make them live in hopeless poverty? Because even a small amount of pollution from such a rapidly growing mass is going to add up very fast. You've got a tiger by the ears- -more than one, actually. And you and your cohorts had better realize it FAST. There isn't a lot of time left until disaster desip.igc.org Explain to me WHY China and India got a pass in the Kyoto Treaty? Depending on whose estimates are right, China has either passed the US in greenhouse gas production already or will within 3 years. Can you blame the Senate for rejecting such a flawed document? And don't give me "But the President (Slick) signed it!" BS; that means NOTHING by itself in our system of government and you know it (or should; that may be a incorrect assumption.) This is not to say that a copper mine or a silicon foundry cannot be operated cleanly. I'm SURE the engineers there will be happy to here from you as to how to do it; have you contacted them yet? Do you have the first inkling of what your talking about? It is all about efficiency and the wise use of resources. And toxic corrosive poisonous chemicals and wastes and temperature extremes that must be generated. But I'm sure you know about this. "Several highly toxic chemicals are used at various points in the process of manufacturing semiconductors. Workers who are exposed to such chemicals can be seriously harmed. However, semiconductor fabrication plants are designed with safeguards to ensure that these chemicals are handled, used, and disposed of without exposure to workers or the surrounding environment. Toxic chemicals are applied to wafers by computer-controlled machine tools in sealed chambers and there is normally little risk of workers coming into contact with them." bls.gov That's from the gov't you trust so much when a Dem is Prexy.