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Re: [RC] Conserving paper - rides2far@xxxxxxxxI will try to make this somewhat endurance related by simply saying I believe in doing the things that *help* the environment. I am an environmentalist. However, I do not want to get caught in the trap of doing things whether it has to do with cows, horses on trails, or buying light bulbs that use less energy only to produce mercury waste we don't have a place to treat. So...I'll answer the following with just one more rebuttal from a fun book of rebuttals that PJ O'Roark collected: David LeBlanc said: What a paper plant emits into the air and water is not so nice, though we do a better job of cleaning this up than in the past. Ink is quite another story, and it can be full of a number of fairly awful things.I think we're doing more to conserve landfill space by recycling paper than anything else. "...a National Wildlife Federation study shows that recycling one hundred tons of newspaper produces forty tons of toxic sludge. Thirteen of the 50 worst Superfund hazardous waste dumps were once recycling facilities" (also Taylor of the Cato Institute) I've heard a lot on the news lately about old computers & cell phones being a problem to dispose of...quite hazardous. I have a feeling someday we'll wonder why we didn't stick to paper. :-P Of course, our discussion would have taken us a few weeks instead of hours then, and nobody else would have been in on it. Makes it a lot harder to argue when you go that slow...requires too much effort and no audience. I remember when a letter to the editor in EN would cause an incredibly slow motion discussion with one rebuttal per month...like a ping pong game in SUPER slow motion. >g< Angie (P.S. I drive a Honda car, always been a miser on fuel even when it was under $2 but I hate pine trees. They sprout like weeds around here, then fall on the trails (cut 5 yesterday) and I don't mourn them much. ____________________________________________________________ See Mexico for less! Click now for great vacation deals! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mqbsZK0zjPcU74PxwqVN2mUVX9SsCaqKjt2DX5ryARa2S8Q/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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