Posts Tagged ‘environment’
Have fun mowing the lawn
(h/t The Daily Dish) I admit it; I don’t get lawns. I guess living in a neighborhood without lawns has had an influence on me. [Read More]
The can-do spirit of America
This is depressing…a great history lesson…a very deflating history lesson… The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c [Read More]
Spewing Oil
It’s a pun. On Ewing Oil. From Dallas. Get it? Watch live streaming video from wkrg_oil_spill at livestream.com Just posting this in case anyone is wondering what’s going on with the oil spill and comes here to find out what’s going on in the world. (Not [Read More]
Spill baby spill
(Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) Where’s Half-Gov. Lipstick now? Isn’t she an expert on oil and the environment? (September 18, 2008) Didn’t follow that? Oil (of coal), of course, is a fungible commodity and they don’t flag, ya know, the molecules [Read More]
American Arses
Worth a read. Extra-soft, quilted and multi-ply toilet roll made from virgin forest causes more damage than gas-guzzlers, fast food or McMansions, say campaigners I, for one, like the “quilted” stuff, but I’ll think twice in the future, since I don’t [Read More]
Try telling this to the Cult of Palin
The most read story on the BBC News website is “Shun meat, says UN climate chief”. This isn’t a new theory, and, shit, it’s not a theory, it’s a fact that reducing meat consumption would do a lot to lower greenhouse emissions. But will you hear [Read More]
Republican has good idea
John Warner (R-VA) has proposed a national speed limit of 65. If Americans really love their country, they’ll embrace this idea. I’m guessing they will not. It would be a case of government telling them what to do, depriving them of the freedom to be wasteful. [Read More]
Plastics
I just realized that half the plastic junk I’ve been putting out with recycling can’t be recycled by Durham’s recycling program. Furthermore, they actually expect me to examine each item to determine what kind of resin code the plastics have. Maybe [Read More]
Smashing stereotypes
Today, I saw a Toyota Prius with a Mitt Romney bumper sticker. The driver is probably a vegan that works at a Wilson’s Leather. [Read More]
