- Stomping out eighty to ninety percent of the world's
population has been promoted by people like Trump and Blair. But how to
accomplish that goal is another matter without making people angry. Perhaps
Trump and Blair should start setting an example for everyone by taking
the final exit first.
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- Much has been made in the media about "Carbon Footprint."
The term makes any human being like a smudge on a white carpet, a stain
that can't be removed. There was a television series a few months ago which
delved deeply into the personal lives of ordinary people. The camera crew
invaded someone's home for each show, and reviewed every aspect of their
lives sparing no feelings (except the bedroom.) They interrogate the family
about details such as how hot the shower was, how much water is used, how
much electricity and gas is consumed, their utility bills, the amount of
food they eat and how much was food is in their trash cans, the amount
of insulation in their homes, the cost to put water in a small inflatable
outside pool (don't let the children have fun, it's too expensive) etc
Victims of the interrogation and subsequent tongue-lashing have either
an I-really-don't-care attitude, or a beaten animal look.
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- The show's host had a field day with everyone they documented,
often poking fun at them and showing an aerial view of their neighborhood
with a giant shaded circle of their carbon footprint covering numerous
homes (more drama.) In the end, it really isn't at all about carbon footprints.
The real truth is that this and all television shows is simply about selling
more ADVERTISING TIME.
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- In the show, out goes the ordinary light bulbs and in
with the new toxic, mercury-based compact fluorescents for every lamp socket.
Why worry about mercury? Why, those new bulbs last forever! Apparently
about five years today is forever in the current mentality. People foolishly
think their two year old computer is "obsolete," so out they
go with credit card in hand to buy another one.
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- Did I forget to mention something else that no one ever
talks about regarding compact fluorescent lamps? There is a toxic phosphor
material inside these lamps that makes these lamps glow "white."
(Phosphor is excited into emitting white light by the internal ultraviolet
light in these lamps.) Radio frequency pollution from the lamps
only adds to the existing RF smog in any home. Internally, these lamps
function at several thousand cycles per second. No one has a clue what
the long term effects of this RF energy on humans will be. And what about
that sealed, solid plastic base they all have? It has a circuit board with
numerous difficult-to-recycle materials and electronic components. It doesn't
have any gold inside to make it worth the trouble to tear it apart and
recycle it.
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- Compact florescent lamps probably cost more to recycle
than the electricity they save. And there is the problem with disposing
of all the toxic materials. Extracting the mercury and phosphor materials
is not a trivial or cheap process. It's cheaper to recycle plastic pop
bottle to make a park bench or warehouse pallet out of it and far less
toxic. Recycled plastic is not in liquid and gas form like the mercury
in lamps, and not in powder form like the phosphor.
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- But I digress from the carbon footprint problem.
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- Vehicles are often a big target of carbon footprint fanatics.
Hydrogen cars are becoming all the rage. But few talk about the fact that
most of these cars are intended to use hydrogen extracted from gasoline,
not water. The late Stan Meyers proved hydrogen can be easily extracted
from water, but that invention cost him his life to public about it. So
how is driving a hydrogen vehicle any better? What happens to all the byproducts
of the hydrogen extraction process? What of the heat required or generated
in the process? Hydrogen vehicles are far more expensive than an ordinary
gasoline powered vehicle, too. Could it be the oil companies want it this
way? Say it isn't so.
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- Then there is the diet problem. When the carbon and weight-loss
fanatics attack people who eat too much, absolutely no one talks about
WHY that is. It's well known that aspartame and other synthetic molecular
sweeteners cause carbohydrate cravings. And then there are habit issues,
too.
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- But how many fat fanatics today talk about what may be
an even bigger issue REAL STRESS? People everywhere in America and
elsewhere are under attack as jobs are sent packing on a one-way trip to China.
The dream of owning a home is rapidly disappearing into the distance. Retirement
is becoming increasingly impossible.
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- Children are under endless pressure to be like their
friends and have every electronic toy there is. Many of these toys have
monthly fees associated with them that add up to some serious money each
year. All of this and more exerts additional pressure on parents and children.
By design it has become increasingly difficult to live a happy and secure
life. Often the end result is that all the accumulated stress makes people
eat too much. Who knows what the decider will do next to wreck life? Where
will the next concocted war take place? Syria? North Korea? Iran?
All this stress only helps to increase that nasty carbon footprint, and
he keeps on smiling.
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- To hammer people about their carbon footprint today is
the equivalent of walking into a boxing ring and standing over a knocked
out opponent on the mat - and dropping an anvil on him because he lost
the fight.
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- Recently, Sir Paul McCartney was "horrified"
that his Lexus Vehicle, worth £84,000 that was GIVEN to him
by the car company for helping to promote the vehicle was FLOWN to Britain -
instead of being transported by ship. It increased the carbon footprint
by a terrible and shocking "100 times" according to a reporter.
[1] So this is his biggest worry he has in life now? Does he really believe
that the empty space on the ship where his car would have been remained
empty? The working masses should be so lucky to have such minor problems.
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- Then there is China the choking-smog
carbon footprint caused by their manufacturing makes the footprint of the
average person look like a grain of sand. And it's getting worse literally
by the minute as cars continuously replace bicycles everywhere. But when
was the last time you heard anyone complain aboutChina's carbon footprint?
In fact, we've heard the media praise the Chinese people for having a smaller
footprint. That might be true on a personal basis (for now) but their manufacturing
pollution more than makes up for that.
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- Gary, Indiana at one time was probably the
most smog-filled place in America. At high noon in the 1960's the
sun was barely visible. Almost every day looked like it was about to rain
as a result of constant gray polluted skies. Steel mills and heavy manufacturing
were the cause of it. When those companies went away, so did the smog.
Now all the smog has basically moved to China. No one disagrees that
with today's technology, making steel and iron is an incredibly dirty process
from beginning to end.
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- The biggest problem of all is quite simple you're
breathing. So stop that right now if you can. You'll stop creating all
that excess carbon dioxide which is creating a biggest part of your footprint.
And you'll stop staining your carpet with all that carbon. Practice holding
your breath as long as you can. Don't think about all that gasping that
surely will come later that's not important. Instead, think of the
compact florescent light bulb which saves money now and pollutes far more
later. That should put your mind at ease.
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- Ted Twietmeyer
- www.data4science.net
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- [1] - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1951848/Paul-McCartney-'
horrified'-as-his-eco-car-is-flown-7,000-miles-from-Japan.html
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