Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Junk Mail Produces as Much CO2 as 7 States Combined (This is Hugh!)
Daily Green ^ | Aug. 8, 2008 | Dan Shapely

Posted on 08/09/2008 3:00:18 PM PDT by PROCON

How to Stop the Flood of Catalogs (and Help Save the Climate)

A report by the group ForestEthics estimates that destroying forests to make paper for junk mail releases as much greenhouse gas pollution as 9 million cars.

Another way to look at it: Junk mail produces as much pollution as seven U.S. states combined, or as much as heating 13 million homes each winter.

While the estimates may or may not be accurate, the point is indisputable: Junk mail is a waste. (To most people, it's an annoying part of the trip to the mailbox, anyway.)

Not convinced? NASA climate scientist James Hansen, one of the most respected voices on the issue of global warming and our need to do something about it, had this to say about the report

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailygreen.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bogus; globalwarming; junkscience; madeup
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-31 last
To: Positive
These folks pile lies on top of lies...

especially when the entire premise can't be questioned - placed off limits by declaring 'the facts are beyond dispute'

21 posted on 08/09/2008 3:46:37 PM PDT by sloop (pfc in the quiet civil war)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: PROCON
What idiots. Junk mail is either recycled or put in a landfill. In either case, the bulk of the carbon that the tree respired in the form of CO2 is locked into a solid form therefore reducing the presence of greenhouse gases. What about the tree? The managed forests that supply the paper are replanted. Clear cutting old growth forests and not replanting would of course put more CO2 in the air, especially if the wood is burned. So according to their nonsensical GWT the environment is bettered if you waste paper.

I can't wait until this BS is finally debunked and Hansen and his stupid pronouncements go away.

22 posted on 08/09/2008 4:04:30 PM PDT by tommythev
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: highlander_UW

Better be careful. How far do you think breaking is down the line? Just think of all the CO2 we produce.


23 posted on 08/09/2008 4:11:15 PM PDT by Nipfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: highlander_UW

Be careful. How far do you think breathing is down the line? Just think of all the CO2 we produce.

Thank you for the GORAN. It just about gave my hysterics.


24 posted on 08/09/2008 4:14:19 PM PDT by Nipfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: djf; PROCON

The answer is breathing.....

Coming in second is drinking beer and cokes. All, that is all, the entrained CO2 making the fizz carbonates the atmosphere when released.

Beer and cokes must go


25 posted on 08/09/2008 4:24:26 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Conservation? Let the NE Yankees freeze.... in the dark)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: PROCON

For junk mail, write “DECLINED” on it and put it back in the post. It will stop a lot of it.


26 posted on 08/09/2008 4:48:42 PM PDT by Misschuck
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: purpleraine

Just thought this might interest you, if you didn’t see it already.

Another aspect to consider in our recent discussion about the USPS.


27 posted on 08/09/2008 5:57:50 PM PDT by fightinJAG (Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nipfan
Better be careful. How far do you think breaking is down the line? Just think of all the CO2 we produce.

The CO2 crap from the econinnies is just that, crap...but if I can use the progressive idiots to rid myself of junk mail they will have proved themselves useful for once.

28 posted on 08/09/2008 6:22:39 PM PDT by highlander_UW (illegal alien is to an undocumented worker as a drug dealer is to an unlicensed pharmacist)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: fightinJAG

So Algore will support our proposal : )


29 posted on 08/10/2008 7:41:01 AM PDT by purpleraine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Sivana

I saw that the price of the Sunday NYT is 5 dollars. What a joke. Who on Earth pays 5 bucks to read that crap?


30 posted on 08/10/2008 7:42:53 AM PDT by mainerforglobalwarming
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: purpleraine

Mebbe. ;)


31 posted on 08/10/2008 10:05:56 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-31 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson