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| Bist Meshugeh |
“Ten years ago I could never have imagined I’d be doing this,” says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. “I mean, this is essentially agriculture, right? But the people I talk to – especially the ones coming out of business school – this is the one hot area everyone wants to get into.” He means bugs. To be more precise: the genetic alteration of bugs – very, very small ones – so that when they feed on agricultural waste such as woodchips or wheat straw, they do something extraordinary. They excrete crude oil. Unbelievably, this is not science fiction. Mr Pal holds up a small beaker of bug excretion that could, theoretically, be poured into the tank of the giant Lexus SUV next to us.
http://www.newstin.com/sim/us/62663063/en-010-003297684
I give this guy less then 1 month to live till the oil companies tag him. :sofa: |
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| booybob |
| I saw this yesterday, Too bad we wont need this because Al Gore and Hussein Osama are going to outlaw oil and petrol because of Global Warming. |
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| MLBoros72s |
:omfg:
Can we get on this, now?
Make them eat garbage to make petrol...solve two problems at once! |
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| Bist Meshugeh |
Quote: Originally posted by MLBoros72s
:omfg:
Can we get on this, now?
Make them eat garbage to make petrol...solve two problems at once! |
Govt will put a tax on garbage and make it unaffordable. |
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| Rush Has AIDS |
Quote: Originally posted by Bist Meshugeh
Govt will put a tax on garbage and make it unaffordable. |
hehe good one ;) |
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| Rush Has AIDS |
Quote: Originally posted by booybob
I saw this yesterday, Too bad we wont need this because Al Gore and Hussein Osama are going to outlaw oil and petrol because of Global Warming. |
How awesome would it be if they were outlawed? At least for gasoline. We still make plastics and other stuff from oil, but they're not polluting the air.
Someone call Warren Buffett or Bill Gates ands ee if they'll use some of that fortune to start a chain of filling stations for hydrogen cars! Talk about good works for humanity! :) |
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| Stonewall |
It's too bad Dem followers do not excrete something useful when they eat the waste fed to them by their leaders...
:) |
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| Bumscum |
Quote: Originally posted by Rush Has AIDS
How awesome would it be if they were outlawed? At least for gasoline. We still make plastics and other stuff from oil, but they're not polluting the air.
Someone call Warren Buffett or Bill Gates ands ee if they'll use some of that fortune to start a chain of filling stations for hydrogen cars! Talk about good works for humanity! :) |
The next time you do the shopping and carry home the things in a cute, comfy plastic carry-bag, think: you are contributing your share to a deadly pollution whose ill-effects are irreversible and capable of reaching out to numerous generations to come.
Plastic is one of the major toxic pollutants of our time. Being a non-biodegradable substance, composed of toxic chemicals, plastic pollutes earth, air and water.
There is no way whatsoever you can ‘safely’ dispose of plastic waste.
Plastic causes serious damage to environment both during its production and disposal. So the only way to reduce the hazards of plastic is to reduce the use of plastic and thereby force a reduction in its production.
Plastic plays the villain right from the stage of its production. The major chemicals that go into the making of plastic are highly toxic and pose serious threat to living beings of all species on earth.
Some of the constituents of plastic such as benzene and vinyl chloride are known to cause cancer, while many others are gases and liquid hydrocarbons that vitiate earth and air. Plastic resins themselves are flammable and have contributed considerably to several accidents worldwide.
The noxious substances emitted during the production of plastic are synthetic chemicals like ethylene oxide, benzene and xylenes. Besides hitting hard the eco-system, which is already fragile, these chemicals can cause an array of maladies ranging from birth defects to cancer, damage the nervous system and the immune system and also adversely affect the blood and the kidneys. And, many of these toxic substance are emitted during recycling of plastic, too.
Like in the case of all other chemical substances, ‘disposal’ of plastic is a myth. Once plastic is produced, the harm is done once and for all. Plastic defies any kind of attempt at disposal – be it through recycling, burning, or landfilling.
When you recycle a hazard, you create a hazard. Recycling of a toxic waste merely puts the hazardous material back into the marketplace and, eventually, into the environment – thereby making no reduction in toxic use.
Since plastic does not undergo bacterial decomposition, landfilling using plastic would mean preserving the poison forever.
But can plastic be burned and thus its hazard got rid of? No way. When burned, plastic releases a host of poisonous chemicals into the air, including dioxin, the most toxic substance known to science.
Apart from these perils, recycling of plastic is very uneconomical, dirty and labour-intensive as has been reveled by a study conducted by the Public Interest Research Group, based in Dehi, India.
Recycling of plastic is associated with skin and respiratory problems, resulting from exposure to and inhalation of toxic fumes, especially hydrocarbons and residues released during the process. What is worse, the recycled plastic degrades in quality and necessitates the production of more new plastic to make the original product.
Plastic wastes clog the drains and thus hit especially urban sewage systems. The plastic wastes being dumped into rivers, streams and seas contaminate the water, soil, marine life and also the very air we breathe. Choked drains provide excellent breeding grounds for disease-causing mosquitoes besides causing flooding during the monsoons.
Any attempt to ‘get rid of’ plastic through landfills is also dangerous. Apart form toxic seepage from the landfill, resulting in the contamination of precious water sources, the waste mass impedes the flow of ground water as well and obstructs the movement of roots – thereby badly affecting the soil’s biological balance and organic processes.
Landfills are also prone to leaks. The wastes – especially cadmium and lead in the wastes – invariably mix with rain water, then seep through the ground and drain into nearby streams and lakes and other water bodies. Thus the water we use gets poisoned.
The only way out of the deadly and lasting danger of plastic is to cut down the use of plastic, if not avoid it altogether.
Say ‘no’ to plastic – whenever and wherever you can. |
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| assmasterson |
Quote: Originally posted by Stonewall
It's too bad Dem followers do not excrete something useful when they eat the waste fed to them by their leaders...
:) |
As opposed to republican horseshit. |
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| NickNuke |
Quote: Originally posted by Bumscum
The next time you do the shopping and carry home the things in a cute, comfy plastic carry-bag, think: you are contributing your share to a deadly pollution whose ill-effects are irreversible and capable of reaching out to numerous generations to come.
Plastic is one of the major toxic pollutants of our time. Being a non-biodegradable substance, composed of toxic chemicals, plastic pollutes earth, air and water.
There is no way whatsoever you can ‘safely’ dispose of plastic waste.
Plastic causes serious damage to environment both during its production and disposal. So the only way to reduce the hazards of plastic is to reduce the use of plastic and thereby force a reduction in its production.
Plastic plays the villain right from the stage of its production. The major chemicals that go into the making of plastic are highly toxic and pose serious threat to living beings of all species on earth.
Some of the constituents of plastic such as benzene and vinyl chloride are known to cause cancer, while many others are gases and liquid hydrocarbons that vitiate earth and air. Plastic resins themselves are flammable and have contributed considerably to several accidents worldwide.
The noxious substances emitted during the production of plastic are synthetic chemicals like ethylene oxide, benzene and xylenes. Besides hitting hard the eco-system, which is already fragile, these chemicals can cause an array of maladies ranging from birth defects to cancer, damage the nervous system and the immune system and also adversely affect the blood and the kidneys. And, many of these toxic substance are emitted during recycling of plastic, too.
Like in the case of all other chemical substances, ‘disposal’ of plastic is a myth. Once plastic is produced, the harm is done once and for all. Plastic defies any kind of attempt at disposal – be it through recycling, burning, or landfilling.
When you recycle a hazard, you create a hazard. Recycling of a toxic waste merely puts the hazardous material back into the marketplace and, eventually, into the environment – thereby making no reduction in toxic use.
Since plastic does not undergo bacterial decomposition, landfilling using plastic would mean preserving the poison forever.
But can plastic be burned and thus its hazard got rid of? No way. When burned, plastic releases a host of poisonous chemicals into the air, including dioxin, the most toxic substance known to science.
Apart from these perils, recycling of plastic is very uneconomical, dirty and labour-intensive as has been reveled by a study conducted by the Public Interest Research Group, based in Dehi, India.
Recycling of plastic is associated with skin and respiratory problems, resulting from exposure to and inhalation of toxic fumes, especially hydrocarbons and residues released during the process. What is worse, the recycled plastic degrades in quality and necessitates the production of more new plastic to make the original product.
Plastic wastes clog the drains and thus hit especially urban sewage systems. The plastic wastes being dumped into rivers, streams and seas contaminate the water, soil, marine life and also the very air we breathe. Choked drains provide excellent breeding grounds for disease-causing mosquitoes besides causing flooding during the monsoons.
Any attempt to ‘get rid of’ plastic through landfills is also dangerous. Apart form toxic seepage from the landfill, resulting in the contamination of precious water sources, the waste mass impedes the flow of ground water as well and obstructs the movement of roots – thereby badly affecting the soil’s biological balance and organic processes.
Landfills are also prone to leaks. The wastes – especially cadmium and lead in the wastes – invariably mix with rain water, then seep through the ground and drain into nearby streams and lakes and other water bodies. Thus the water we use gets poisoned.
The only way out of the deadly and lasting danger of plastic is to cut down the use of plastic, if not avoid it altogether.
Say ‘no’ to plastic – whenever and wherever you can. |
Let's use recycled paper because all that chlorine bleach, acid and other chemicals they use to reprocess it are so fucking safe for our environment. |
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| NickNuke |
You know it, man.
After a pitcher of frozen Margharita's, I'm blowing out pure Methane for days. :D |
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| lao tzu |
| FUCK THIS SHIT, I'M WAITING FOR MY FLUX CAPACITOR..... |
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| NickNuke |
Did anyone see this "Home" Ethanol still and pump they sell? It was in this mornings "AM" magazine. It looks like a self contained gas pump.
It looked cool and promising until I came upon the part that it takes 10 - 15 POUNDS of sugar to make one gallon of Ethanol. |
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| SaintJimmy |
Quote: Originally posted by NickNuke
It looked cool and promising until I came upon the part that it takes 10 - 15 POUNDS of sugar to make one gallon of Ethanol. |
I see a no-bid contract in KBR's future for supplying Iraq's ethanol needs. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by MLBoros72s
:omfg:
Can we get on this, now?
Make them eat garbage to make petrol...solve two problems at once! |
SO INSTEAD OF A GAS TANK I WILL HAVE A TRASH BIN FULL OF BANANA PEELS WHERE MY TRUNK IS |
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| Rush Has AIDS |
Quote: Originally posted by SaintJimmy
I see a no-bid contract in KBR's future for supplying Iraq's ethanol needs. |
I see an invasion of Brazil in our future. |
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| Rush Has AIDS |
Quote: Originally posted by NickNuke
Did anyone see this "Home" Ethanol still and pump they sell? It was in this mornings "AM" magazine. It looks like a self contained gas pump.
It looked cool and promising until I came upon the part that it takes 10 - 15 POUNDS of sugar to make one gallon of Ethanol. |
I have to wonder how advanced it really is. 10-15 pounds??? Speaking of Brazil earlier, I wonder if they are making ethanol with a lot less sugar.? |
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| Rush Has AIDS |
Quote: Originally posted by NickNuke
You know it, man.
After a pitcher of frozen Margharita's, I'm blowing out pure Methane for days. :D |
hehe funny.
But it brings up something I have been thinking about for a while.
While we know we are contributing to the climate change, making it happen more rapidly, could it be that our simple presence on this Earth is contributing to it?
Is it possible that simply having 7 billion people, and rising, on this planet is contributing to the climate change, and is just too much for Mother Earth to handle? And when that happens she has a way of letting us know; such as recent events in China, Burma, New Orleans and now Iowa.
Take China and Burma alone. Do you realize that those two events alone killed about 200,000 people?!?!? Think about that, 200k! And while our morality makes sympathize, weep and mourn for those losses, can some not help but think "Well, a little less stress on the planet".
I dunno... just a thought |
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| NickNuke |
Quote: Originally posted by Rush Has AIDS
hehe funny.
But it brings up something I have been thinking about for a while.
While we know we are contributing to the climate change, making it happen more rapidly, could it be that our simple presence on this Earth is contributing to it?
Is it possible that simply having 7 billion people, and rising, on this planet is contributing to the climate change, and is just too much for Mother Earth to handle? And when that happens she has a way of letting us know; such as recent events in China, Burma, New Orleans and now Iowa.
Take China and Burma alone. Do you realize that those two events alone killed about 200,000 people?!?!? Think about that, 200k! And while our morality makes sympathize, weep and mourn for those losses, can some not help but think "Well, a little less stress on the planet".
I dunno... just a thought |
I was thinking the same thing. Sort of like Planet Earth getting diarrhea. Flush out some of that "bacteria".
Human breathing contributes 9% of total CO2 into Earth's atmosphere. |
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| Rush Has AIDS |
Quote: Originally posted by NickNuke
I was thinking the same thing. Sort of like Planet Earth getting diarrhea. Flush out some of that "bacteria".
Human breathing contributes 9% of total CO2 into Earth's atmosphere. |
Exactly. And what the hell are we farting out of our asses????
After a night of beer & BBQ I don't want to know. :)
The world may very well need to go through some population control, limiting the number of children born; but no one would ever bring that up.
In China they were allowing families who lost children to have another child. How many orphans are over there? How many of them end up here? Are you telling me those families who lost someone, as tragic as it is, couldn't adopt a child who needs a good home? |
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| Bist Meshugeh |
Quote: Originally posted by Rush Has AIDS
Exactly. And what the hell are we farting out of our asses????
After a night of beer & BBQ I don't want to know. :)
The world may very well need to go through some population control, limiting the number of children born; but no one would ever bring that up.
In China they were allowing families who lost children to have another child. How many orphans are over there? How many of them end up here? Are you telling me those families who lost someone, as tragic as it is, couldn't adopt a child who needs a good home? |
The Nazi's tried that and public opinion was really low on it.( at least in the Jewish community it was). |
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| Rush Has AIDS |
Quote: Originally posted by Bist Meshugeh
The Nazi's tried that and public opinion was really low on it.( at least in the Jewish community it was). |
No, they tried murder and genocide. Not population control (I know, you're being sarcastic).
But what do we do? Keep wondering what the problem is when there are 8,9, or 10 billion people on the planet? Let the Earth sort us out through starvation, and natural disasters?
I think the phrase, "Be fruitful and multiply" has been played out a bit too much |
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| NickNuke |
Quote: Originally posted by Rush Has AIDS
Exactly. And what the hell are we farting out of our asses????
After a night of beer & BBQ I don't want to know. :)
The world may very well need to go through some population control, limiting the number of children born; but no one would ever bring that up.
In China they were allowing families who lost children to have another child. How many orphans are over there? How many of them end up here? Are you telling me those families who lost someone, as tragic as it is, couldn't adopt a child who needs a good home? |
The Avian Flu is going to knock out half of the Chinese population. |
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| jigzaw |
| Let's get these bugs fuckin' going! |
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| Bist Meshugeh |
Quote: Originally posted by Rush Has AIDS
No, they tried murder and genocide. Not population control (I know, you're being sarcastic).
But what do we do? Keep wondering what the problem is when there are 8,9, or 10 billion people on the planet? Let the Earth sort us out through starvation, and natural disasters?
I think the phrase, "Be fruitful and multiply" has been played out a bit too much |
I would like to think that people would do it out of common sense and developed countries would not set govt controls.
I dont want to live in a society that big bro tells me how many kids I can have, that is just to creepy. |
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