Posted on 01/24/2011 2:04:02 PM PST by freespirited
Republicans have begun cutting Democrat Nancy Pelosis "Green the Capitol" program and theyre starting with the garbage.
House Administration Chairman Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) is moving to suspend the House composting program after a review showed the program was actually increasing the Houses overall energy consumption, the House Administration Committee announced Monday.
The House composting plan was part of Pelosis initiative to make the Capitol more environmentally friendly, and that included installing low-flow toilets in House office buildings, bringing organic foods into the House cafeterias and incorporating recyclable utensils and composting programs throughout the Capitol complex.
But the estimated $475,000 program has only produced nominal reductions in carbon emissions a reduction equivalent to removing one car from the road each year, according to a congressional inspector general report.
Additional energy was being used for the pulping process that breaks down the biodegradable materials, and that required additional electricity.
After a thorough review of the Houses composting operations, I have concluded that it is neither cost effective nor energy efficient to continue the program, Lungren said in a statement. While I am suspending this program because it is costly and increases energy consumption, I would like to assure the House community that this Committee will continue to evaluate all components of House operations and will work with the appropriate agencies to incorporate environmentally sustainable practices when feasible.
A spokesman for Pelosi's office said the former speaker is disappointed.
"Obviously, it is disappointing to see this important component of the program suspended, said Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Pelosi. The commercial food composting industry has not fully developed yet, and we would hope that when a closer commercial composting site opens and more competition brings down costs, the program would be reinstituted.
...should dump it...she's not composting as quickly as I'd like...8^)
Unlike the fast-flush delivered by the voting machines.
So many jokes but must remain civil.
I would of thought there was enough hot air from the democrats to really speed up the breakdown of the composting of their own garbage.
Alternate Title:
GOP Has Enough of Pelosi’s S4!+
“low-flow toilets in House...”
The absolute worst idea on the face of the earth. Takes at least 3 flushes and a plunger to achieve the same result.
Make it a campaign issue and the GOP could pick up another 20 seats in 2012. (no pun intended)
LOL! My thoughts exactly.
“Takes at least 3 flushes and a plunger to achieve the same result.”
Here’s an easy fix, if you’re at all “handy.”
Go to the hardware store, and get a taller fill tube for your water closet. That’s the tall tube in the middle of the tank, that also has the “flapper” valve on the bottom. There are “designer” toilets that have a tall, narrow tank. Get one of those fill tubes. I added almost two gallons to my toilette by doing this. Works great!
“and more competition brings down costs”
Competition? For Compost? Besides, who could possibly produce more compost than congress?
Will give it a try Dr., and thanx.
There’s also the chance that you may only need to adjust the level control in the tank.
I’m thinking that the right way to go was the high capacity toilets especially for the BS coming from the Democrat party
Since Global Warming is a fraud should’t we be producing as much CO2 as possible.
Pray for America
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