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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (20507)	2/19/2008 11:52:52 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

And notice all those savings without being forced by government regulation, but rather as a response to free market incentives. They reduce costs by using less material, so they start using less material.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (20507)	2/20/2008 2:04:12 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36917

What's wrong with building a huge pile of rubbish, say 5 km high? It would be a great addition to the environment of cities, especially those in flat areas, to have a big mountain, or even a small hill. People could build houses on it with great views, up away from mosquitoes and hoodlums. In colder areas, it could be used for snow-boarding and fun. It would be useful for climbing when the end of the world is predicted again. New religions might spring from it as some bloke comes down from the mountain top after revelations from a new deity that he should lead the world, get the money and the girls and set the rules. Another oddity is the worry about plastic bags. It's mass hysteria. Plastic bags aren't like a battery filled with plutonium or polonium 210 leaking into the ground water to arrive at a beach or drinking water supply a few years later. Plastic bags are completely benign. Coal sits in the ground for umpty million years and people don't seem upset about it. A pile of plastic bags in the ground would be harmless. Also, people should throw stuff out and put it in a big rubbish heap because middens are great for archeologists to rummage through. In 5000 years, archeologists will find a gap in the fossil record. Archeology needs to be sustainable. Sustainability is very very important and should be used in every second sentence by politicians and others seeking control of other people. The sustainability of archeology is at risk. We need more middens. Save archeology and the environment, throw out some stuff today and put it in landfill. Mqurice