Monday, October 10, 2005
Pollution...
In our first story we find that GE and the EPA have struck a "deal" about cleaning PCB's up from the Hudson River. It has been debated for years now as to whether or not it is even advisable to do this. The dredging necessary may result in the uncontrolled spread of the contamination, and will certainly make it more environmentally accessible than where it current resides.
PCB's are bad actors, but the usv them mentality in this is amazing. Check this quote
I find myself almost hoping this clean-up will result in soe huge fish kill on the Atlantic seaboard, with GE operating entirely with protocol, just to show the environmentalists how little they know.
This story is simply amazing.
How do I know this? Why it is going to cause more flies in the UK -- It's going to increase air pollution in the American west -- It's going to kill animals everywhere. Lions and tigers and bears oh my!
Any technology that needs a political push is, by definition, a failed business.
Finally, in the "OOPS" category...
Remember how last December's tsunami spread toxic wastes all over the east coast of Africa? (Be sure and read that sentence with sufficient breathlessnes) -- OOPS
The European Space Agency lauched a satelitte Saturday to finall get good hard data on the melting ice around the planet -- OOPS. No doubt this is the result of sabotage by "industry" stooges bent on polluting the world with carbon. So here's my challenge. Tomorrow, you personally, not your machines, your house, anything like that, just you personally, stop emitting carbon. Go ahead, I dare you.
PCB's are bad actors, but the usv them mentality in this is amazing. Check this quote
Christian Ballantine of the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter said the consent order was a partial but important victory for their cleanup efforts. "The environmental community wanted GE to finally accept responsibility and put their corporate know-how to work," Mr. Ballantine said.GE, in fact, used PCB's in accordance with the best available knowledge at the time. Even under today's standards, GE would not be responsible for determining if PCB's were a risk, the manufacturer of the material would. And yet, as the releaser of this material, at the time, unknown as a hazard, they are required to pony up$150M in the first phase alone for this clean up, a clean up the benefits of which are not entirely certain.
I find myself almost hoping this clean-up will result in soe huge fish kill on the Atlantic seaboard, with GE operating entirely with protocol, just to show the environmentalists how little they know.
This story is simply amazing.
Experts are blaming climate cycles, not global warming, for the drought, which has also led to enormous fires.Not Global Warming, why global warming is to blame for everything, don't those experts realize?
How do I know this? Why it is going to cause more flies in the UK -- It's going to increase air pollution in the American west -- It's going to kill animals everywhere. Lions and tigers and bears oh my!
Any technology that needs a political push is, by definition, a failed business.
Finally, in the "OOPS" category...
Remember how last December's tsunami spread toxic wastes all over the east coast of Africa? (Be sure and read that sentence with sufficient breathlessnes) -- OOPS
The European Space Agency lauched a satelitte Saturday to finall get good hard data on the melting ice around the planet -- OOPS. No doubt this is the result of sabotage by "industry" stooges bent on polluting the world with carbon. So here's my challenge. Tomorrow, you personally, not your machines, your house, anything like that, just you personally, stop emitting carbon. Go ahead, I dare you.
