I have only a few minutes, so can't reply fully, but I'm going to call you on these, Dan:
DDT has been discussed here previously, and net-impregnation has been cited as cost-effective and reasonably safe (I either posted or re-posted a WHO site on that months ago). But I think that Charlie trumps me on this subject, so I won't address it further. You ignored my general call for less planned obsolesence and picked on only one example, that of home decor. I will have to find sites on the growth of Home Depots etc., and the logging of rare hardwoods to supply furniture, decking and so forth -- forests in Indonesia and the Amazon basin are being illegally and unsustainably logged so that somebody can have a mahogony table with matching sideboard and chairs etc. Cows do indeed produce quantities of methane, as do all ruminants (well, actually it's the bacteria in their guts that produce methane and hydrogen sulfide gases etc.); reducing meat consumption, in addition to being healthier for the individual person, would definitely be healthier for the planet. Using range-fed instead of feedlot cows wouldn't use up perfectly good people-grade grain either. (I eat about one pound of cow, pig _and_ chicken, combined, per week, except during holidays, when I entertain or eat out with friends.) If gas goes to $8/gal, I will have to significantly increase my fees - which many of my clients couldn't then afford, as riding lessons are already cancelled for financial reasons (just this Monday past, in fact, one single mom apologized that she can't continue because she's had to take on a second job -- of course I told her that I understood times were difficult and I hoped things got better for her) - or get an office job, which would probably precipitate a return of major depression, with nasty consequences for me. More WRT projected diseases later- Debbi Resistance Is Not Futile Maru ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
