Goreifying

lurch70

lurch70

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I am not normally a very environmentally conscious person and certainly don't make purchasing decisions with it in mind. But after seeing th Gore flick some months back I tried to do a few things.

- 90% of my home (wherever I could do it) has energy efficient lightbulbs. Had some before and these bad boys last as long as 4-5 years or even more and suck less energy
- consciously recycle me trash (and my thrash)
- even try no to use too much hot water if not necessary
- drive a MINI for God's sake

might be some other shit I can't think of.

spread your wisdom ...
 
i have high efficiency washer and dryer. uses 1/3 of the water and saves lots of energy.

i use those lightbulbs as well.
 
That's awesome lurch, I'm glad you're doing what you can.

Another thing that helps to save water is either to get a low-flow toilet gizmo thingy (I don't know what they're called) or you can just fill a water bottle with water and put it in the tank, that way it disperses the water and less is used each time you flush. If you find the water bottle is moving around a lot and causing the lever to not work properly, a brick might work better-----but be careful because the brick will dissolve over time. =/

Also, don't flush if you only took a piss. I generally don't flush at home unless I shit. :erk: :) If you have roommates, this could be a problem.
 
I hardly ever flush. lol
Turn the damn lights off when you are out of the room. I was at a guys house yesterday and his hallway light was on along with his bathroom lights.... we were in his garage jamming. When we went inside I was like "hey, why the hell are these lights on?" Him - "I dunno"

Stuff like that can save money. Shits not cheap.

edit: oh, and his big screen hd tv was on the whole time. *shakes head*
 
Susperia said:
That's awesome lurch, I'm glad you're doing what you can.

Another thing that helps to save water is either to get a low-flow toilet gizmo thingy (I don't know what they're called) or you can just fill a water bottle with water and put it in the tank, that way it disperses the water and less is used each time you flush. If you find the water bottle is moving around a lot and causing the lever to not work properly, a brick might work better-----but be careful because the brick will dissolve over time. =/

Also, don't flush if you only took a piss. I generally don't flush at home unless I shit. :erk: :) If you have roommates, this could be a problem.
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not sure about the water saving part. I can see this being a big issue in certain parts of the country, but in NY I think once in the last 20 years when we had a drought ...

but in areas like Vegas for example, the situation is so bad that the city is giving homeowners $2 a sq/ft if they replace the grass in their yards with more "desert friendly" plants that don't require watering.
 
I think environmentallists focus too much on the small stuff.
It doesn't add up to a hill of beans compared to the big stuff.
I mean, a single smokestack has an output equal to that of literally hundreds of thousands of cars.
You want to change stuff in any meaningful sense you have to go after big industry.
 
TalesOfTerror said:
I think environmentallists focus too much on the small stuff.
It doesn't add up to a hill of beans compared to the big stuff.
I mean, a single smokestack has an output equal to that of literally hundreds of thousands of cars.
You want to change stuff in any meaningful sense you have to go after big industry.
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I have an example related to this issue that I find very frustrating:

I work in the retail industry. Have since I first got a job. Been working in grocery stores or related outlets the entire time, in some form, for the past 7 and a half years.

Now, all my life, I've been bombarded with lectures on the importance of recycling. I see the blue recycling boxes lining the sidewalks every week when the designated pickup day comes around.

Now, I go into a grocery store, or pretty much any place of business and what do I see? I see perfectly recyclable materials being thown in the garbage in mass quantities on a daily basis. This amounts to a volume of (recyclable) waste that must be astronomical in comparison to what household recycling can achieve. Why do governments not put more pressure on big business to be environmentally conscious in this respect?
 
Demilich said:
I have an example related to this issue that I find very frustrating:

I work in the retail industry. Have since I first got a job. Been working in grocery stores or related outlets the entire time, in some form, for the past 7 and a half years.

Now, all my life, I've been bombarded with lectures on the importance of recycling. I see the blue recycling boxes lining the sidewalks every week when the designated pickup day comes around.

Now, I go into a grocery store, or pretty much any place of business and what do I see? I see perfectly recyclable materials being thown in the garbage in mass quantities on a daily basis. This amounts to a volume of (recyclable) waste that must be astronomical in comparison to what household recycling can achieve. Why do governments not put more pressure on big business to be environmentally conscious in this respect?
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you're in Canada, no? NOt sure how it is there, but here garbage pickup is done separatelly(regular trash, plastics and paper) and has to be separated. When I worked in retail, as far back as 10 years ago, my then boss got numerous tickets for unseparated trash
 
when I worked at a K-Mart and a grocery store only cardboard was seperated.
Now I work at a place that is basically kinkos on crack. we throw away so much paper, extra lamination, boxes.....
 
You would not believe the waste a hospital generates. In dialysis for example, water is on CONSTANTLY, sometimes with a high pressure pump to pull more out of the system.
I personally go through a box of latex gloves PER DAY.
Our dialysate comes in plastic jugs just like a gallon of milk. These are placed in the trash when empty. I once tried to collect them all, take them home, and put them in my recycling bin but it would've filled up the bed of my truck.

I can't even think about environmental issues. I get sick at my stomach.
 
Demilich said:
Now, I go into a grocery store, or pretty much any place of business and what do I see? I see perfectly recyclable materials being thown in the garbage in mass quantities on a daily basis. This amounts to a volume of (recyclable) waste that must be astronomical in comparison to what household recycling can achieve. Why do governments not put more pressure on big business to be environmentally conscious in this respect?
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I know what you mean.. I work for MBI, specifically The Danbury Mint division---A multi-million dollar corporation (that basically just produces needless junk). They don't recycle paper. We use A TON of paper. Most of it gets thrown a way. A few of us have little boxes under our desks to recycle our own paper, but that just doesn't cut it. The company make the larger dent, so to speak.

But what can you do? I'm still much too low on the ladder to say anything to these people.

edit: ^ Well don't leave it sitting there for that long. And clean your toilets.
 
we use a shitload of paper where i work, as does any office i suppose. but we have huge shred bins in every corner, from which the paper is supposedly taken and recycled. i'd be sad if it wasn't, because i'm guilty of printing too many copies of everything before i'm satisfied with the way my reports look :Smug:

oh man, urine can smell worse than death after a few days of sitting in a jar...

...>_>
 
I've never used bottled water. I never saw the point. I always knew that plastic is a petroleum product. Add that to the fact that municipal tap water is better for you in that it contains minerals and flouride and I could just never justify the cost of spending $1.50 on a gulp of water that comes "from a spring" (a lie, btw).
But it saddens me to know that I will soon be seeing urban hipsters carrying around Nalgene bottles - something I've used for years as a hiker. Call me immature but I hate it when utilitarian items that no one knows about suddenly become hip.
 
dorian gray said:
I've never used bottled water. I never saw the point. I always knew that plastic is a petroleum product. Add that to the fact that municipal tap water is better for you in that it contains minerals and flouride and I could just never justify the cost of spending $1.50 on a gulp of water that comes "from a spring" (a lie, btw).
But it saddens me to know that I will soon be seeing urban hipsters carrying around Nalgene bottles - something I've used for years as a hiker. Call me immature but I hate it when utilitarian items that no one knows about suddenly become hip.
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Negative. When you're out and about and you're thirsty, what the hell are you gonna do? Drive up to the mountains and drill your own well? Drive around looking for a water fountain that doesn't exist (well, at least around this city), no, you're gonna sip from the bottle of water you just bought so you can quench your thirst.
 
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