Posted on 05/25/2023 9:34:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Whenever I call up pictures of the great pacific garbage patch, they never seem to be very large or they are artists renderings. Their is also a lot of natural waste in most pictures, trees and bamboo
“Recycling is Actually Bad for the Environment”
Any conservative who actually ‘recycled’ was never a conservative, since we’ve always known that ‘recycling’ was a liberal construct.
And the state-county get to tax it!
” There are literally massive islands of plastic trash in the oceans, some the size of continents.”
I rate this statement as FALSE. An island is something you can walk on. There is no continent in the Pacific Ocean you can walk on. This statement actually says there are multiple continents of plastic in the Pacific. It is more likely that Bigfoot will take over the world than that there are multiple continents of plastic in the Pacific. The plastic in the Pacific is dispersed so that it amounts to a few grams for every cubic mile of water.
In particular I hate the misuse of the word “literally”.
Wood. Aluminum. Steel.
I remember wooden knobs on radios.
And if it’s true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm: The Earth Plus Plastic. The Earth doesn’t share our prejudice toward plastic. Plastic came out of the Earth. The Earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the Earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn’t know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, “Why are we here?”
Plastic… a_____e.
-George Carlin
The costs of recycling far, far outweigh any potential benefit. There is virtually no use for the vast majority of stuff you so dutifully wash, separate and put in the bin.
Since China quit taking it to dump in their own rivers, much of the “recycled” stuff just goes into the regular landfill.
Here’s a great article about the fallacy of the recycling religion.
I’ve been saying for decades that if recycling made economic sense, there would be people bidding to buy my garbage. It’s always been nothing but virtue-signaling.
When Covid started & the KNOW-IT-ALLS in Washington dc decided which businesses were ‘essential’-—Some idiot shut down the molding facilities that made milk jugs. Gallon & 1/2 gallon jugs.
Dairy farmers were dumping their milk—2 times a day.
Finally-—2 multi-generation family dairies near where I live sent their entire herds to the livestock auction === 630 grown, producing dairy cows were auctioned off in one day.
Both families incomes were wiped out.
They were NOT alone.
Bananas-—PLUS spiders & snakes——:)
“This has been a pet peeve of mine for a while now “
Obviously, then, this is an impartial article.
I have been recycling since I was 8 years old. I’m almost 68 now. I despise eco-nuts and Democrats.
I’m a cheap guy that hates to see things go to waste that can be used and re used.
Use it up, wear it out, and then make do.
My newest car is 20 years old.
But I can drive where I damn well please.
God bless us all.
Glass depends greatly on the type of glass and the intended application of the recycled product. It is difficult to produce clear glass output with anything but clear glass input. Toss in one opaque beer bottle in the batch, and the results aren't pretty.
Paper is generally a loser. There are some specific papers that recycle fairly well. You can make cardboard out of just about any paper that hasn't already been recycled once. Recycling recycled cardboard doesn't work all that well though.
Iron/Steel, is not really a winner when you are talking about things like steel cans and such because the processing requirements pretty much remove any profit from it, because iron is pretty cheap per pound.
That really is the only way to recycle plastic. Turn it into fuel, and burn it. This, however, is not what the environazis consider 'recycling'.
People have no idea of the scale of oil seepage under the ocean. Lots of folks who visit Galveston beaches think all the tar on the beaches is from the oil rigs out in the Gulf. Not so! Jean Lafette reported the tar on the beaches of Galveston something like 200 years ago.
I disagree. As I said upthread, some things make sense to recycle, especially aluminum, but to a lesser extent, other things depending upon the application of the recycled material. Plastics should just be burned.
From The Graduate >>
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
Mr. McGuire: There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?
I know that they grow certain trees for paper pulp that grow fast and can be harvested relatively quickly. I suppose with OSB they can do similar? And not have to wait 30 years or whatever it is for a fir tree.
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