Thread: Happy Earth Day. What do you do to reduce consumption and waste?

Originally Posted by pongulsku

Factoid: When a human that is 3 miles away from the Grayling River (North Michigan) takes a leak in the woods, its urine flows all the way back and pollutes the river. Fox, bear and deer don't pollute (theirs go uphill I guess).

Enironment impact study of 1978.

Originally Posted by pongulsku

If I'm a passenger in a car eating an apple and am travelling 75 mph on I-75 and throw the core out the window and it lands in the weeds, am I composting?

My kind of thinker!

It's not the natural waste of a human which is like any other animal on this earth that concerns me, it is the unnatural and industrial waste that we produce that concerns me. Does nobody remember the Love Canal or the thousands of superfund sites around the states?

Among other small things, I use those reusable grocery store bags, mostly because I hate the accumulation of random plastic sacks that occurs otherwise.

p.s. is it really necessary to laugh at the expense of others? whether or not you believe in global warming, a general respect for Mother Earth is at the least commendable. Maybe that's just the country boy in me talking though.

"Don't alter my Altar, and don't desecrate my Shrine. My church is the water. My home is underneath the shady Pine" W.E. Whitmore

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

Among other small things, I use those reusable grocery store bags, mostly because I hate the accumulation of random plastic sacks that occurs otherwise.

p.s. is it really necessary to laugh at the expense of others? whether or not you believe in global warming, a general respect for Mother Earth is at the least commendable. Maybe that's just the country boy in me talking though.

"Don't alter my Altar, and don't desecrate my Shrine. My church is the water. My home is underneath the shady Pine" W.E. Whitmore

Thank you Russel, because for me, it is just a matter of respect for the earth for it is the earth which gives us life.

Almost every light in the house are CFLs, except for a few halogens.
I have all my computers undervolted as much as possible, this allows my computers to run cooler, quieter as well as draw less power.

It's Earth Day again!

The Earth does not give me life but it does provide resources which I use to help sustain it. And I am quite thankful that God provided it - maybe I can can do something about that

This year I resolve not to hope that any giant asteroids destroy the planet, and to that end I will endeavor to build a home-based rocket system to help protect the earth. I will also continue to run my air conditioner and heaters only when I am uncomfortable and to make sure all plastic gets tossed in the wastebasket instead of sitting in a landfill somewhere

And above all these, I will continue to use a non-disposable straight razor!

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

This year I resolve not to hope that any giant asteroids destroy the planet, and to that end I will endeavor to build a home-based rocket system to help protect the earth. I will also continue to run my air conditioner and heaters only when I am uncomfortable and to make sure all plastic gets tossed in the wastebasket instead of sitting in a landfill somewhere

And above all these, I will continue to use a non-disposable straight razor!

No more sleeping towards your plant in the bedroom? I am disappointed.

I do nothing to reduce consumption, I consume what and how much I want limited only by my ability to pay for it.

I reduce waste only if it saves me money (i.e increases my ability to consume).

Some things i do:

Recycle paper, plastic, metal etc. The money saved reduces other costs.

I use energy saving light bulbs as much as possible. Clearly a net saving in both power consumption and cost of bulbs

I minimize the cost of energy to heat/cool my house via a programable thermostat and active energy management

I have a very sophisticated lawn irrigation system and minimize my use of water for irrigation

I turn off the monitor on my computers when they are not in use, I also unplug all those chargers when they are not charging anything.

I turn off lights when I leave the room.

Some things I don't do (and why)

I do not use a cloth shoping bag, it does not save me anything, and I need the plastic bags to take out the yukky garbage.

I do not drive a toy car. I enjoy my sports car, and my wife likes her luxury sedan. We can afford the gasoline, so I will buy and use the kind of cars I like.

Originally Posted by DSailing

It's not the natural waste of a human which is like any other animal on this earth that concerns me, it is the unnatural and industrial waste that we produce that concerns me. Does nobody remember the Love Canal or the thousands of superfund sites around the states?

oh, i remember. the facility i work in predates the epa, you should've seen some of the stuff they used to do here!!! horrifying.

I do two things for earth day:

1.) I don't drive my 1992 Dodge D350 truck with a 5.9L Cummins diesel (tranny is busted).

2.) I work at the largest nuclear generating facility in the good ole US of A. On any given day we generate ~4,000 megawatts (yes I said megawatts) of electricity without any carbon emissions.

Take it or leave it - it's all good.