Casual Observation

12 Comments

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   Tien Le on August 5, 2014 at 5:05 pm

   Yep. Not going to go the we’re doomed, route, but a whole lot of things need to change and soon. I like what I’ve read about miscanthus giganteus being more efficient than trees at using up CO2, and not releasing it back into the atmosphere, but haven’t seen anything that does the similar thing for methane.

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   TarheelDem on August 5, 2014 at 5:49 pm

   We were warned some time ago, but the “Drill, baby, drill” bunch consolidated power in a bunch of countries, not excluding Russia, Canada, and Australia.

   It’s everyone living less than 21 feet above sea level who is going to have problems.  Models for my area say that we will start getting monsoons.  And that the poison ivy is going to love it.

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     The Voice In The Wilderness on August 5, 2014 at 6:08 pm

     Glad I’m at 820 feet. But maybe I’ll have lakeside property, or a sand dune!

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   The Voice In The Wilderness on August 5, 2014 at 6:09 pm

   By coincidence I came across this old bookmark from 2003 relating to climate change. It seems prescient.

   http://www.mindfully.org/Air/2003/Pentagon-Climate-Change1oct03.htm

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   Marie2 on August 5, 2014 at 6:42 pm

   Don’t drink the water:

   ‘Massive Environmental Disaster’ in Canada as Toxic Tailing Pond Floods Waterways.

   Water ban put in place as a tailing pond gives way and tens of millions of gallons of waste course through area rivers and lakes

   Bottled water companies may be doing well.

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     The Voice In The Wilderness on August 5, 2014 at 8:40 pm

     And how many are bottling tapwater?

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       Marie2 on August 5, 2014 at 9:35 pm

       Probably most.  In the US, generally clean and safe out of the tap (slightly less so when bottled).  A Brita filter may improve the taste.  Perhaps not as high quality as it was fifty years ago, but that’s because of our aging infrastructure and increased use of chemicals.

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         The Voice In The Wilderness on August 6, 2014 at 9:21 am

         I notice that my bottled Nestle Pure Life ingredient list says “purified water”. Lake Erie run through a filter? At least it tastes a lot better than Chicago tap water. If I get it in my eyes while washing my face, the chlorine burns them red.

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           Marie2 on August 6, 2014 at 10:29 am

           Nestle runs it through a filter.  And only charges you a few thousand percent to do so.  Then pours it into a petrochemical container for your convenience.

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           The Voice In The Wilderness on August 6, 2014 at 11:34 am

           Yeah, I really hate that soft plastic container (BPA?).

           At least I don’t feel like I’m swallowing swimming pool water. BTW, we use Walgreen’s distilled water for the coffee. We drink mostly coffee, 1% milk and occasional Orange Juice. Our internist doesn’t like the coffee drinking and the dentist doesn’t like the OJ. After a friend at work give me a Pure Life in an attempt to wean me from coffee, I drink at least one of them each day (4 to 6 coffees).

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           Marie2 on August 6, 2014 at 3:58 pm

           Coffee and chocolate is an important food group.  Soft drinks, HFCS, and apple juice should be labeled as poison.

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   The Voice In The Wilderness on August 5, 2014 at 8:44 pm

   Hey, Boo! Been having trouble connecting all day. No problem with Google or Financial sites, nor Daily Kos.

   Do you have server problems again? Need to pass the hat?