Comments on The Environmental Blog: Toxics All Around Us

Our Future Planet is about creating the future, no...

2009-02-04T08:18:00.000-08:00

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I find the topic interesting, because this is some...

2008-12-21T14:32:00.000-08:00

I find the topic interesting, because this is something I frequently think about, or comment on.

I'm for reducing herbicide use, but I also point out to people who get super alarmed about stuff like Roundup, that they may want to consider wearing a respirator for daily living. Because honestly, there is so much microscopic junk in the air we breath.

For gardeners, I don't think they can genuinely call themselves "organic gardeners" if they drive an automobile to the store or compost yard to deliver tools or products to the home. Once they walk or ride a bike, for tool and product purchases, then they may be called organic gardeners.

Cheers,

M. D. Vaden of Oregon

Protecting the environment is very important, but ...

2008-11-18T05:26:00.000-08:00

Protecting the environment is very important, but lets remember that the human body and the ecosystem is very resiliant. We should work in the direction of minimized environmental impact but let us not despair. Hey, we're on the right track! Lets keep the steam up and we'll solve this!

If common sense could describe global warming, per...

2008-08-09T04:56:00.000-07:00

If common sense could describe global warming, perhaps common math can do similar. Using volume math, based on the assumption of shrinking the earth to the size of a small orange or baseball perhaps, would give us a breathable air space of less then the thickness of a human hair. The volume of product brought up to the surface is simply crowding us out. An estimate using my Windows Calculator suggests we have brought up enough oil product to coat the entire planet with an oil slick approaching 1/16" in thickness, based on possible peak oil amounts. I would be interested if such math has been done on the matter. I did not figure volumes of natural gas, coal or the more scarce diamond, as my ex suggested her diamond was not a factor.
Surely commons sense suggests we are simply crowding out our own environment with a carbon excrement that is growing daily, and getting more foul. Toxic poisoning by carbonation perhaps. Which suggests even carbonated beverages out gassing daily may be a factor. Every tank of vaporized gasoline we know adds to the carbon build up, not forgetting the out gassing of asphalt as it deteriorates, natural gas and coal product combustibles, etc. I don't know at what height the carbon collects, but the inside of that larger area above us must have an increased molecular coating of carbon that simply has to be recovered and placed back in the ball, or we are perhaps simply running out of space. The solution seems simple, stop bringing up product, and determine a way to put the carbon above us back where it came from. Or it may already be too late.
I read that it is better to die than commit murder; perhaps we homo sapiens must die so that Mother Earth may live. It is a possible scenario, if one frees the mind of religious superstition.
I may be in error on my simple math calculation, but have scientists considered the simplicity of the argument?