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GOP dumps Pelosi's composting program
Politico ^ | 01/24/11

Posted on 01/24/2011 2:04:02 PM PST by freespirited

Republicans have begun cutting Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s "Green the Capitol" program and they’re 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 House’s overall energy consumption, the House Administration Committee announced Monday.

The House composting plan was part of Pelosi’s 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 House’s 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.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: composting; greenidiots; pelosi
Works for me.
1 posted on 01/24/2011 2:04:04 PM PST by freespirited
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To: freespirited
Pelosi is the idiot suburban woman who fires up her SUV to drive a grocery bag of aluminum cans five miles to the recycling point.
2 posted on 01/24/2011 2:09:02 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: freespirited
...dumps Pelosi's composting program

...should dump it...she's not composting as quickly as I'd like...8^)

3 posted on 01/24/2011 2:10:05 PM PST by and so? (If it angers you, a sarcasm or irony tag after everything I post should be assumed)
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To: freespirited
low-flow toilets in House

Unlike the fast-flush delivered by the voting machines.

So many jokes but must remain civil.

4 posted on 01/24/2011 2:20:07 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Fear God and Government - especially when one tries to become the other!)
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To: freespirited
Additional energy was being used for the pulping process that breaks down the biodegradable materials, and that required additional electricity.

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.

5 posted on 01/24/2011 2:26:21 PM PST by ReformedBeckite
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To: freespirited

Alternate Title:

GOP Has Enough of Pelosi’s S4!+


6 posted on 01/24/2011 2:30:52 PM PST by Optimist
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To: Aevery_Freeman

“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)


7 posted on 01/24/2011 2:33:08 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: and so?

LOL! My thoughts exactly.


8 posted on 01/24/2011 2:42:54 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.....Eagle Scout since Sep 9, 1970)
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To: traderrob6

“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!


9 posted on 01/24/2011 3:02:43 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: freespirited

“and more competition brings down costs”

Competition? For Compost? Besides, who could possibly produce more compost than congress?


10 posted on 01/24/2011 3:07:46 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Will give it a try Dr., and thanx.


11 posted on 01/24/2011 3:08:38 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

There’s also the chance that you may only need to adjust the level control in the tank.


12 posted on 01/24/2011 3:21:46 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

I’m thinking that the right way to go was the high capacity toilets especially for the BS coming from the Democrat party


13 posted on 01/24/2011 3:25:16 PM PST by tom paine 2
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To: freespirited

Since Global Warming is a fraud should’t we be producing as much CO2 as possible.

Pray for America


14 posted on 01/24/2011 3:30:01 PM PST by bray (Support Palin to make heads explode on both sides,is that Blood Libel?)
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