Thread: Is The Sky Falling ?

NO SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS on '2014 HOTTEST YEAR on record' • The Register

Originally Posted by DoctorSaul

...snip... Point is, we won't "run out of water". We do need to find ways to change the distribution of water from the various sources. In this regard, desalination and rainwater collection seems a viable way to insure that humanity will always have a dependable source of useable water.

Yes, point taken. But...where is the extra salt returned and what happens to the life in that area. And, San Diego has had desalinization for years.

Nation's largest ocean desalination plant goes up near San Diego; Future of the California coast? - San Jose Mercury News
But if you read toward the end and look at the pictorial of the system:#4
Brine, the remaining waste water is saltier...the water is mixed with industrial wastes to lessen the salt content....Duh!

~Richard

I have a Green question ???

How many here have a Clothesline(s) yes I know you still need a dryer for the Winter / Rainy times but really how many take just that one simple cheap step to conserve quite a bit of NRG..

Just one simple step, that actually makes your clothes last longer and smell nice,,, do you ????

Trust me I don't do it for your Kids and Grand-kids or even for the Planet, it is a simple thing that saves money a couple of ways..

Originally Posted by gssixgun

How many here have a Clothesline

They ain't allowed in the condo community I live in. What would the neighbors think ?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I have a Green question ???

How many here have a Clothesline(s) yes I know you still need a dryer for the Winter / Rainy times but really how many take just that one simple cheap step to conserve quite a bit of NRG..

Just one simple step, that actually makes your clothes last longer and smell nice,,, do you ????

Trust me I don't do it for your Kids and Grand-kids or even for the Planet, it is a simple thing that saves money a couple of ways..

We do,all we use when the sun shines

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I have a Green question ???

How many here have a Clothesline(s) yes I know you still need a dryer for the Winter / Rainy times but really how many take just that one simple cheap step to conserve quite a bit of NRG..

Just one simple step, that actually makes your clothes last longer and smell nice,,, do you ????

Trust me I don't do it for your Kids and Grand-kids or even for the Planet, it is a simple thing that saves money a couple of ways..

Hand!

As I am married to a true northener, she scuffs at spending a single dime on using our very nice dryer.
Clothesline it is!
She is no environmentalist at all, but tossing good money out the window, that's where she draws a very thick line...

Well, nickels and dimes she is hellbent on saving, but blowing big bucks on handbags and shoes, now that is an entirely different matter.
Women, eh?

Compared electrical bills with a neighbour that uses a clothe line and there was little if any difference. I would not get out of bed for that kind of savings.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Modern 20th century man can quickly effect the environment world wide.

We have the ability today to effect the environment globally in a very short time span that Medieval Man was incapable of doing.

Yes, climate change is cyclical but there can't be much denying that modern man can accelerate changes to the environment, including the weather.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Old or new tech there is no such thing as leaving no foot print or a free lunch. You are left with choosing the lesser of two evils usually.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Compared electrical bills with a neighbour that uses a clothe line and there was little if any difference. I would not get out of bed for that kind of savings.

Bob

I am seeing a slight dichotomy of thoughts here

One thing I like about clotheslines is that dryers wear out clothes. OTOH, clotheslines allow the sun to accelerate fading. Nice on jeans, but not so great for everything else.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I am seeing a slight dichotomy of thoughts here

Bob, this is NOT directed at you .......... Glen, how about another dichotomy ...... a little blast from the past ..........

Al Gore's 'Inconvenient Truth'? -- A $30,000 Utility Bill - ABC News

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