Who is Responsible For the Environment?
I have a hard time figuring out exactly who to listen to when it comes to the environment.
I have pretty much decided that the environmental movement on the left hand side is pretty much based on emotion and little science.
I suppose the right hand side may lean a bit towards making someone a buck or two.
I am absolutely positive that the government and politicians are simply in the business of pandering to special interests and mostly talks the talk, but provides little else.
We are being silly when we vote for someone because they are the "one"..
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that will save our environment and clean up the world.
I remember that years ago we were told that the freon used in our air conditioners was causing the ozone layer to disappear and that if something was not done..
..
we were all doomed to a horrible death!! Of course the Government passed laws and that particular freon was removed and replaced with something else.
However, I was a certified gas free engineer in the United States Navy at the time and knew without a doubt that freon was heavier than air.
When I had to check for a freon leak I had to check the lowest areas of the space.
This being the case, I have never been able to justify in my mind how this substance could get up to the ozone layer above the earth and destroy it!! To this day I have not been able to find anyone who could explain this to me, including a PHD from NASA Langley teaching a college course in biology I was taking.
So, I am naturally very leery when I hear of new claims about what is destroying our environment this month.
To me it is simple.
Each and every one of us should exercise common sense and not be wasteful.
We can all do little things to improve our immediate environment and when we do them..
..
we contribute to the improvement of the environment as a whole.
We can use non-toxic highly concentrated cleaning products to clean our homes and offices saving money and improving our inside air quality.
We can use cloth grocery bags which can be used over and over rather than plastic ones made from petroleum, or paper ones made from trees.
We can use new fluorescent light bulbs which use far less energy than conventional ones and last a very long time as well.
We can keep our homes in good repair caulking our windows, fixing water leaks, putting in storm doors and much more.
We can turn the water off when brushing our teeth and shaving rather than letting it run.
We can wash our dishes in a full dishwasher rather than by hand which uses more water.
There are many many ways for each of us to do our part and little things done by many adds up to big things in a hurry.
So, let's strive to do better little things, stop doing bad little things and it will all turn around to the betterment of all, probably more quickly than anyone might imagine.
I have pretty much decided that the environmental movement on the left hand side is pretty much based on emotion and little science.
I suppose the right hand side may lean a bit towards making someone a buck or two.
I am absolutely positive that the government and politicians are simply in the business of pandering to special interests and mostly talks the talk, but provides little else.
We are being silly when we vote for someone because they are the "one"..
..
that will save our environment and clean up the world.
I remember that years ago we were told that the freon used in our air conditioners was causing the ozone layer to disappear and that if something was not done..
..
we were all doomed to a horrible death!! Of course the Government passed laws and that particular freon was removed and replaced with something else.
However, I was a certified gas free engineer in the United States Navy at the time and knew without a doubt that freon was heavier than air.
When I had to check for a freon leak I had to check the lowest areas of the space.
This being the case, I have never been able to justify in my mind how this substance could get up to the ozone layer above the earth and destroy it!! To this day I have not been able to find anyone who could explain this to me, including a PHD from NASA Langley teaching a college course in biology I was taking.
So, I am naturally very leery when I hear of new claims about what is destroying our environment this month.
To me it is simple.
Each and every one of us should exercise common sense and not be wasteful.
We can all do little things to improve our immediate environment and when we do them..
..
we contribute to the improvement of the environment as a whole.
We can use non-toxic highly concentrated cleaning products to clean our homes and offices saving money and improving our inside air quality.
We can use cloth grocery bags which can be used over and over rather than plastic ones made from petroleum, or paper ones made from trees.
We can use new fluorescent light bulbs which use far less energy than conventional ones and last a very long time as well.
We can keep our homes in good repair caulking our windows, fixing water leaks, putting in storm doors and much more.
We can turn the water off when brushing our teeth and shaving rather than letting it run.
We can wash our dishes in a full dishwasher rather than by hand which uses more water.
There are many many ways for each of us to do our part and little things done by many adds up to big things in a hurry.
So, let's strive to do better little things, stop doing bad little things and it will all turn around to the betterment of all, probably more quickly than anyone might imagine.
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