Monday, September 12, 2005
Pollution...
As proof of my theory that "environmentalists" are generally just chronic complainers that want nothing to happen and nothing to change, ever, anywhere and in anyway, I offer this story. Logging of certain extremely valuable hardwoods has been banned because the trees are in such short supply -- but not satisfied, they want to ban the harvesting of dead logs from the bottom of rivers that were cut long, long ago.
Speaking of which, some seem to think undeveloped land in the UK is disappearing. To be frank, virtually all the land on the island has had human intervention on it at some point in history, given that it ia a small place compared to my nation, I was amazed at how much open country there was. My guess is these complainers are just having their favorite piece of land developed. Oh wait, this is England we're talking about here, make that "favourite."
In a related vein, waiting for the "perfect solution" may only create a larger one. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved yet another site to store spent nuclear materials -- this one on the middle of nowhere Utah (I've been through the area during my days of working in gold mining, trust me on this) and of course, everyone is lining up against it. Bottom line folks, if we do not figure out something to do with our spent fuel and waste it's going to be everywhere, putting everyone at the perceived risk. If Chernobyl wasn't all that bad -- this will be easy.
Alternative energy is in the news, and the stories I saw this week illustrate the real driver behind it, and it's not the environment. There is this general story out of Scotland
Finally, global warming remains as confused as always, I really wish they'd get their stories straight. I thought it was about modern man, industrialization and greenhouse gases, but this week we learned it started with ancient man -- dirt is really the problem -- and vegetation, which is supposed to absorb the dreaded CO2, is part of the problem.
Global warming has become the great all-pervasive evil that Erlich's stupid notions about over-population were. Erlich's idiotic ideas are bringing an end to western Europe as they fail to reproduce. Will the idea of global warming end society as we know it?
Speaking of which, some seem to think undeveloped land in the UK is disappearing. To be frank, virtually all the land on the island has had human intervention on it at some point in history, given that it ia a small place compared to my nation, I was amazed at how much open country there was. My guess is these complainers are just having their favorite piece of land developed. Oh wait, this is England we're talking about here, make that "favourite."
In a related vein, waiting for the "perfect solution" may only create a larger one. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved yet another site to store spent nuclear materials -- this one on the middle of nowhere Utah (I've been through the area during my days of working in gold mining, trust me on this) and of course, everyone is lining up against it. Bottom line folks, if we do not figure out something to do with our spent fuel and waste it's going to be everywhere, putting everyone at the perceived risk. If Chernobyl wasn't all that bad -- this will be easy.
Alternative energy is in the news, and the stories I saw this week illustrate the real driver behind it, and it's not the environment. There is this general story out of Scotland
About 7,000 jobs could be created by such projects.And this story out of England about "renewables" (biomass digestion to produce gas, or direct burning)
Farmers are increasingly being drawn to the idea.So what do I think is the real driver? "Why offer a better product at a cheaper price when I can create a scare and get the government to create a high margin market for me" -- That's what
Finally, global warming remains as confused as always, I really wish they'd get their stories straight. I thought it was about modern man, industrialization and greenhouse gases, but this week we learned it started with ancient man -- dirt is really the problem -- and vegetation, which is supposed to absorb the dreaded CO2, is part of the problem.
Global warming has become the great all-pervasive evil that Erlich's stupid notions about over-population were. Erlich's idiotic ideas are bringing an end to western Europe as they fail to reproduce. Will the idea of global warming end society as we know it?
