Posted by
bernwern
we might as well be two monkeys humping a football.
-B
Can I join?
Ok. I'm gona put all of this in simpler terms. I don't say that global warming does, or does not exist. I do fear however, the possibility that it does. So therefore, I take steps to help prevent it. I drive a big ass truck. Your damn strait. I also have a reason to drive it. I can't pull a horse trailer with a Mini Car. Nor is my family/friend safe in most mini cars.
I love the woods. I love the snow. What I want most to prevent, is the loss of the woods. I wish people would spend more time with Regentrification than building new crap and cutting down more trees. Yea, I burn wood to heat my house, when I live in my own place. I also understand that proper forestry requires the thinning of wooded areas. After the logging company comes in and thins, I take the tops of the trees. Then the ashes from the winter fertilize my garden.
I want a house on a 1000 acre spread. Why? When I die I can put it in my will, that by law, it can never be developed beyond what it has been. I also want my house, my stables and so on to be green. I want to actually not even need to be on the power grid. Partly for the savings of money, but also because I beleive global warming is possible. Have since I was a little kid. I mean, think about it. If you can heat your house and keep it warm, then why could you not heat the earth that is covered in a giant blanket? It makes sense, does it not? It maybe little bits at first, but little bits turn into bigger bits.
The earth is not given to you by your parents, its on loan to you from your kids. We know whats bad for the earth. Clear cutting forests, fertilizing your lawn with motor oil, pouring chemicals into lakes rivers and streams, just to name a few. There are basic things that we can all change to help better the earth. Without looking like a douche.
Look at the way the earth works. A tree for example. A tree grows. Produces fruit. The fruit can be eaten by the other animals around, and what is not eaten can be used as seeds to help the tree reproduce. It can even rot away and become absorbed back into the ground. All three of these things help add to the earth. The earth uses as much as it wants and needs. It also recycles every bit it uses. We can do close to the same.
I work in a plastics factory. I hate it. I hate the effect that plastic has on the environment. Atleast however, the shop I am in now does not make single use plastics. Plastics cannot biodegrade. They Photodegrade, meaning it is always plastic. It simply becomes smaller particles of plastic. It has its uses, but people tend to make it horrible. Thats my problem with it. The way people use and disregard it. Here is an example.
I want you all to look at a foundation called Surf Rider. I have been a supporter for some time. Not the supporter I would like to be, but I totally dig this foundation. I have to say that they are one of the most effective in fighting for what they beleive in and saving the earth. Not with publicity and famous people. With people like you and me who have a passion for something. For them, its surfing and saving the beaches. They do also have a fledgling Snow Rider branch as well. Check em out. You'll be glad you did.
So, who wants to hump a football? I have cheese wedges too!
