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  • Jan 21, 2020, 07:21 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    In the United States, which contains 8 percent of the world's forests, there are more trees than there were 100 years ago

    So Trump wants to plant a trillion more, to green america, and it doesn't matter that vegetation is recovering from exploitation, not the issue, therefore, your point is mote
  • Feb 4, 2020, 07:51 AM
    tomder55
    The fraud Democrats at their best . At least it feels good to think you are saving the planet .
    https://www.baltimoresun.com/marylan...6q4-story.html
  • Feb 4, 2020, 12:36 PM
    talaniman
    Or making big bucks, because not recycling is a stiff fine and those are repubs making those rules here.
  • Feb 4, 2020, 12:44 PM
    tomder55
    Baltimore ? Repubs making the rules ?
  • Feb 4, 2020, 01:15 PM
    talaniman
    You know I don't live in Baltimore Tom! Conservatives rule here. Everybody is a capitlist too, even the homeless. It's bash the dems day for conservatives eh? Any day that ends in Y!
  • Feb 4, 2020, 01:45 PM
    paraclete
    They should be taken out and bashed perhaps it will give them some sense
  • Feb 4, 2020, 07:07 PM
    Vacuum7
    Recycling is a farce: Greatly oversold as to its true benefits and greatly undersold as to it own collective environmental impact....but the problem is that we have more than a generation of people that have been "taught"/BRAINWASHED by our public school systems (which we fund)that RECYCLING is the savior of all mankind! Well, it isn't...far from it. The RECYCLING INDUSTRY is built upon lies.
  • Feb 4, 2020, 07:37 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vacuum7 View Post
    Recycling is a farce: Greatly oversold as to its true benefits and greatly undersold as to it own collective environmental impact....but the problem is that we have more than a generation of people that have been "taught"/BRAINWASHED by our public school systems (which we fund)that RECYCLING is the savior of all mankind! Well, it isn't...far from it. The RECYCLING INDUSTRY is built upon lies.

    Well Vac the rubbish has to go somewhere, by volume "recycling" makes up 2/3 of my rubbish with plastic the main component. When you take out the paper, cardboard and metal, plastic is most of it. Who do we have to thank for this, the packaging industry, and aside from bottles most of it is unnecessary
  • Feb 4, 2020, 09:35 PM
    talaniman
    It's like any business, profit is the rule.
  • Feb 5, 2020, 03:37 PM
    paraclete
    Yes without profit there would be no business
  • Feb 5, 2020, 04:29 PM
    jlisenbe
    Quote:

    It's like any business, profit is the rule.
    Kind of hard to stay in business if you don't make a profit.
  • Feb 5, 2020, 07:42 PM
    Vacuum7
    Best thing we could do with used plastic is to burn it and capture the BTUs released. It makes no sense to recycle this trash. All garbage should be burned in boilers so heat recovery can be realized.
  • Feb 5, 2020, 08:03 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vacuum7 View Post
    Best thing we could do with used plastic is to burn it and capture the BTUs released. It makes no sense to recycle this trash. All garbage should be burned in boilers so heat recovery can be realized.

    Ok so now we know for sure you are not on the side of the climate change fanatics, but plastic can be turned into oil and be re-refined into fuel so just to burn it is waste, it is like putting aluminium foil in the garbage, that stuff costs a lot of electricity to make. Some garbage is not pollution free so needs to be burned in high temperature furnaces, not just burned otherwise you get smog, never mind it's technical, and you have shown that you don't understand
  • Feb 6, 2020, 06:17 AM
    talaniman
    Technology doesn't matter enough if you can't cover costs of the operation. The trash buyer just ain't buying enough trash anymore so yeah it piles up somewhere. Even power plants are having a problem with waste management about what to do with waste it captures even with the new revenue stream of leasing it's network transmission lines.
  • Feb 6, 2020, 02:24 PM
    tomder55
    recycling is good and not even much of an inconvenience. Thunderstruck decided she wanted to trademark herself . Ahhh profits .Why not cash in championing a cause 'Doing well be doing"good" ' is the progressive way .

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/us/gr...rnd/index.html
  • Feb 6, 2020, 02:35 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    recycling is good and not even much of an inconvenience. Thunderstruck decided she wanted to trademark herself . Ahhh profits .Why not cash in championing a cause 'Doing well be doing"good" ' is the progressive way .

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/us/gr...rnd/index.html

    Well I'm thunderstruck at the thought Greta might be given a Nobel prize, what has she contributed "how dare you" to the debate? This child has been manipulated
  • Feb 6, 2020, 02:41 PM
    Vacuum7
    Not coloring inside the circle: Recycling is a farce: The jackarses in control of the RECYCLING INDUSTRY have wrapped themselves in the impenetrable cloak of ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY and think that will insulate them from any negative publicity (i.e. TRUTH!): I can assure your that the ENVIRONMENT is the lowest concern for these damned RECYCLE KINGPINS! They could give one damn about the ENVIRONMENT: They care a whole hell of a lot more for $$$s!

    Paraclete: The smoke must have blocked more than your nasal passages: You think that the U.S., the LARGEST EXPORTED OF OIL IN THE WORLD, should concern itself with retrieving OIL FROM PLASTIC WASTE? NOT HAPPENING! We would be better off burning the plastic in our power boilers and/or incinerators and be done with it!
  • Feb 6, 2020, 02:46 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vacuum7 View Post

    Paraclete: The smoke must have blocked more than your nasal passages: You think that the U.S., the LARGEST EXPORTED OF OIL IN THE WORLD, should concern itself with retrieving OIL FROM PLASTIC WASTE? NOT HAPPENING! We would be better off burning the plastic in our power boilers and/or incinerators and be done with it!

    Vac you want to stink up the place with more pollution, go ahead! Burning plastic gives renewables a new meaning. The US should become a responsible world citizen instead of this we will do it our way crap thinly disquised as make America great
  • Feb 6, 2020, 02:46 PM
    talaniman
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    recycling is good and not even much of an inconvenience. Thunderstruck decided she wanted to trademark herself . Ahhh profits .Why not cash in championing a cause 'Doing well be doing"good" ' is the progressive way .

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/us/gr...rnd/index.html

    A capitalist put a bug in her ear obviously.
  • Feb 6, 2020, 02:54 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by talaniman View Post
    A capitalist put a bug in her ear obviously.

    She is just another pawn in the endless AGW debate and she comes from a place where they do as vac suggests; turn rubbish into heat, Don't see her complaining about that. Vac should get on the front line and do some placard waving
  • Feb 6, 2020, 03:02 PM
    Vacuum7
    Paraclete: I don't want the U.S. to REDUCE its carbon footprint! Trees love Carbon Dioxide! I want the U.S.'s carbon footprint to expand!

    CARBON FOOTPRINT: ANOTHER HOAX! Example: The carbon footprint of a Toyota Prius or even a Tesla is LARGER than the carbon footprint of a Cadillac Escalade expanded out across the life of the vehicle! The rechargeable cell/batteries for these vehicles are incredibly large in terms of carbon footprints! Yet, the crazy environmental bunches keep pushing electric cars! SUCH A FARCE!
  • Feb 6, 2020, 03:14 PM
    tomder55
    waste disposal and inceration is a cost saved by recycling. in addition the cost of production is less using recycled materials As an example ;
    production using recycled aluminum can cut costs in half. That’s because much less energy is required to process recycled aluminum than to extract it raw. The savings is cycled back to consumers, who can buy goods for less. The
    labor force for recycling generates nearly $240 billion in annual revenue. There is also an international market for it as countries with fewer natural resources seek to purchase recycled raw material .This is especially true of countries with a shortage of forests . They buy recycled paper . From someone in industry I find it indispensable .It saves my company a fortune is waste disposal fees .
  • Feb 7, 2020, 06:25 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vacuum7 View Post
    Paraclete: I don't want the U.S. to REDUCE its carbon footprint! Trees love Carbon Dioxide! I want the U.S.'s carbon footprint to expand!

    CARBON FOOTPRINT: ANOTHER HOAX! Example: The carbon footprint of a Toyota Prius or even a Tesla is LARGER than the carbon footprint of a Cadillac Escalade expanded out across the life of the vehicle! The rechargeable cell/batteries for these vehicles are incredibly large in terms of carbon footprints! Yet, the crazy environmental bunches keep pushing electric cars! SUCH A FARCE!

    While I sympathise with the idea that CO2 is not the primary source of AGW, and that even AGW is a hoax, the fossil fuel reserves are finite and so the development of electric cars has been delayed over 100 years, some of the earliest vehicles were electric. lithium ion batteries are not the answer but this is no reason to abandon research
  • Feb 7, 2020, 07:37 PM
    jlisenbe
    The United States has at least a hundred years reserve of natural gas.
  • Feb 7, 2020, 08:55 PM
    Vacuum7
    jlisenbe: You know it: The U.S. doesn't need to grovel in the dirt in an attempt to place nice with Mother Nature: We have what we need! Let the rest of the world find theirs, WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO GET BY!!!

    Look, if Carbon Footprint is THE CRITERIA OF JUDGEMENT, then electric vehicles ARE NOT THE WAY TO GO....its a simple, straight forward comparative. And, guess what else? The damn batteries aren't even made in the U.S. because the process is so ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY! So, foreign countries employ foreign workforces to acquire revenues in the production of battery cells, all the while polluting the hell out of the environment so we can put these batteries in weak arse vehicles and run around proclaiming that we are helping the ENVIRONMENT AND SAVING THE PLANET! GOD HELP US ALL: The American People are entirely obsessed with the "Feel-Good" sensations....this is such a strange desire.

    Tomder55: I am in production in the Pulp & Paper Industry: I can tell you that the U.S. P&P Industry SHOULD HAVE NEVER ENTERED INTO THE RECYCLING SCAM! We have more natural, reproducible, and superior fiber loads than any other nation in the world, challenged only by Canada (mismanaged Socialist nation/screwed-up industry) and Russia (vast woodstores much of which is yet to be harvested)….it is because the U.S. has all this VIRGIN fiber store that we should have never got sucked into the RECYCLE SCAM....by engaging in this mess, all we did was lose our 100% Virgin Fiber Exclusivity and become just another COMMODITY SUPPLIER to world markets....Foreign countries clamor to BUY our recycled fiber loads in pure rubbish form and they also seek to buy HIGH VIRGIN CONTENT CONTAINERBOARD MADE IN THE U.S. and they do this to OBTAIN our virgin fibers for their domestic packaging operations. These foreign competitors can compete with the U.S. when we make Recycled or Recycled Content papers but THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE U.S. WHEN WE STICK TO 100% VIRGIN FIBER PAPER PRODUCTION. My point is: The U.S. doesn't need to roll around in the mud with the foreigners when WE HOLD THE ADVANTAGE! The U.S. needs to learn that when we get a guy down, SHINE YOUR BOOTS ON HIS ARSE, DON'T HELP HIM UP!
  • Feb 8, 2020, 05:54 AM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vacuum7 View Post
    jlisenbe: You know it: The U.S. doesn't need to grovel in the dirt in an attempt to place nice with Mother Nature: We have what we need! Let the rest of the world find theirs, WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO GET BY!!!

    Look, if Carbon Footprint is THE CRITERIA OF JUDGEMENT, then electric vehicles ARE NOT THE WAY TO GO....its a simple, straight forward comparative. And, guess what else? The damn batteries aren't even made in the U.S. because the process is so ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY! So, foreign countries employ foreign workforces to acquire revenues in the production of battery cells, all the while polluting the hell out of the environment so we can put these batteries in weak arse vehicles and run around proclaiming that we are helping the ENVIRONMENT AND SAVING THE PLANET! GOD HELP US ALL: The American People are entirely obsessed with the "Feel-Good" sensations....this is such a strange desire.

    Tomder55: I am in production in the Pulp & Paper Industry: I can tell you that the U.S. P&P Industry SHOULD HAVE NEVER ENTERED INTO THE RECYCLING SCAM! We have more natural, reproducible, and superior fiber loads than any other nation in the world, challenged only by Canada (mismanaged Socialist nation/screwed-up industry) and Russia (vast woodstores much of which is yet to be harvested)….it is because the U.S. has all this VIRGIN fiber store that we should have never got sucked into the RECYCLE SCAM....by engaging in this mess, all we did was lose our 100% Virgin Fiber Exclusivity and become just another COMMODITY SUPPLIER to world markets....Foreign countries clamor to BUY our recycled fiber loads in pure rubbish form and they also seek to buy HIGH VIRGIN CONTENT CONTAINERBOARD MADE IN THE U.S. and they do this to OBTAIN our virgin fibers for their domestic packaging operations. These foreign competitors can compete with the U.S. when we make Recycled or Recycled Content papers but THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE U.S. WHEN WE STICK TO 100% VIRGIN FIBER PAPER PRODUCTION. My point is: The U.S. doesn't need to roll around in the mud with the foreigners when WE HOLD THE ADVANTAGE! The U.S. needs to learn that when we get a guy down, SHINE YOUR BOOTS ON HIS ARSE, DON'T HELP HIM UP!

    Just what are we going to do with all that cardboard, compost it perhaps, you think burning it is a good idea so you can make more, but in reality you only have to cut down a tree once and leave the new growth to grow. The advantage is in cheap product
  • Feb 8, 2020, 06:30 AM
    talaniman
    You still have to do something with the trash humans make as consumers and as producers of goods and services. Why not recycle if you can for profit since those are jobs and a revenue source. Seems to be enough trash in the world for the whole world to make a few bucks and clean air and less pollution is a great by product of such efforts. The pros greatly outweigh the cons in my book.
  • Feb 8, 2020, 03:33 PM
    paraclete
    with you there Tal gives the poor people something to do
  • Feb 8, 2020, 04:28 PM
    jlisenbe
    Quote:

    Why not recycle if you can for profit since those are jobs and a revenue source.
    As I understand it, that's somewhat been the problem. There is little to no profit in recycling. That's why so many municipalities are abandoning it.
  • Feb 8, 2020, 05:36 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jlisenbe View Post
    The United States has at least a hundred years reserve of natural gas.

    The US has a million years reserve of hot air and if you could harness that all debate would be mote, however, irrespective of whether AGW is a reality or a myth, our civilisation is too dependent on the fossel fuel teat, whether it be 100 years or four hundred years, things need to change.
  • Feb 8, 2020, 06:20 PM
    jlisenbe
    Quote:

    things need to change.
    I thought you did not believe that global warming was man-made. If you don't think it's man-made, then why do you believe we need to change from fossil fuel usage?
  • Feb 8, 2020, 07:54 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jlisenbe View Post
    I thought you did not believe that global warming was man-made. If you don't think it's man-made, then why do you believe we need to change from fossil fuel usage?

    Because fossil fuel is finite and it is polluting in many ways, just stand on the corner of a busy street, it isn't CO2 you are smelling
  • Feb 8, 2020, 08:15 PM
    jlisenbe
    It's finite, but there is an enormous supply left that will last many decades more, and there is doubtless enormous reserves yet to be developed. For probably 98% or 99% of the U.S, pollution is not a significant problem. Technology has solved much of that problem here. When I stand on a busy street, I just smell the air. Any odor is absolutely minimal. But I do think we will eventually go electric with cars since it seems to make economic sense. Natural gas, not as polluting as gasoline or coal, will be used more in trucks and trains. At least that's my guess on the subject.
  • Feb 8, 2020, 09:17 PM
    Vacuum7
    The fly in the ointment for electric cars is the batteries/fuel cells need to be made (nasty!) and the batteries have to be charged. What recharges those batteries and where does that recharging unit get its power to recharge those batteries? This is not a virtuous and perpetual cycle.
  • Feb 8, 2020, 09:36 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vacuum7 View Post
    The fly in the ointment for electric cars is the batteries/fuel cells need to be made (nasty!) and the batteries have to be charged. What recharges those batteries and where does that recharging unit get its power to recharge those batteries? This is not a virtuous and perpetual cycle.

    Not yet but nuclear power will solve that. Yes lithium ion batteries are not the answer very polluting industry
  • Feb 9, 2020, 05:45 AM
    talaniman
    Like anything that too can be managed safely for enough profit to keep it going. Some manage it better than other.
  • Feb 9, 2020, 06:00 AM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by talaniman View Post
    Like anything that too can be managed safely for enough profit to keep it going. Some manage it better than other.

    fairy story
  • Feb 9, 2020, 06:18 AM
    jlisenbe
    Quote:

    The fly in the ointment for electric cars is the batteries/fuel cells need to be made (nasty!) and the batteries have to be charged. What recharges those batteries and where does that recharging unit get its power to recharge those batteries? This is not a virtuous and perpetual cycle.
    That's a fair statement, VAC, but it is cheaper to charge an electric car's batt than to put gasoline in a gas burner. It's a LOT cheaper, in fact. Give free enterprise another ten or twenty years and the battery problem might very well be solved.
  • Feb 9, 2020, 07:53 AM
    talaniman
    There is a cost associated with everything in America, and they just keep adding more stuff and more costs.
  • Feb 9, 2020, 08:03 AM
    Vacuum7
    Talaniman: Can you say NEXT BIGGEST THING? Which usually connotes "NEXT BIG GIMMICK".

    Talaniman: You and I seem to be of like mind of a few things and one of them is the suspicion that the GOAL of most of these NEW DRUMBEATS is to "work us over but good".

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