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| Crow adopts baby boy |
| 2007-05-13 |
| The child's two weeks old. No word on whether the new Mom is going to wipe his butt one sheet at a time. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Mike K: a number of years ago I spoke with a technician at Procter & Gamble, who was on their Greening the Company committee. The group's efforts resulted in things like the Ultra compact laundry and dish detergents and direct ordering from WalMart inventory to factory production lines, which significantly reduced day-to-day variation of production needs, and of course burning office waste paper in the furnaces to help heat the buildings. (She was a fascinating conversationalist!). One of the things they did was commission a study at the local garbage dump to see what actually happened to used Pampers buried there, what would happen if they tried to compost them, and what was the true net ecological impact of cloth vs. disposables. What they discovered, in order: In the garbage dump the diaper contents eventually broke down, but not the plastic outer layer; When properly composted, the plastic outer layer having been separated before adding (ick!), the quickly resulting material made a wonderful, non-smelly compost entirely suitable for amending garden soil, equivalent to composted cow manure; Diapers actually only make up about 2% of landfill contents. Although a large component of a family's garbage for a few, memorable years, most of the time most families are not using them; Finally, after taking into account the chemicals and energy used to wash, sanitize, dry and transport cloth diapers, as compared to the energy and raw materials needed to manufacture, transport and dispose of the disposables -- even without the benefit of composting all but the thin outer layer at the end -- it turns out that the net environmental costs are so close as to be statistically insignificant. These facts, of course, I expect Ms. Crow will never discover, as she seems incapable of asking the right questions of those who actually know the answers. But the trailing daughters like her songs, so perhaps her new toy will keep her to busy to spout stupidities for a while. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-05-13 23:26 |
| #11 Ode Patiot: I salute you and Lady Patriot! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-05-13 21:51 |
| #10 We have two adopted children, and we're caring for a foster child at the moment. Most of the time, ANY adoption, especially an overseas adoption, provides a better life for the kid, regardless of how he's reared. A LOT of those overseas kids live ten to a room in orphanages, eat once or twice a day (if that), and have all kinds of illnesses. This baby boy will be spared that. I'm not a fan of ANY movie star, but if Crow provides him with a good first two years, half the battle's won. I wish these "celebrities" would read a couple of books by a friend of mine, Dr. Foster Cline, about adoption and childhood. They may do a better job as parents. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-05-13 19:54 |
| #9 Does this mean you are going to put the Global Warming cause on hold for awhile? Giving up the advice about one piece of toilet paper? Putting the vegetable oil express in the garage? No more music tours for awhile. See you in maybe 18-20 years. Sheryl, you are so sacrificing. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-13 12:51 |
| #8 ..I'm surprised the parents in here have overlooked a very important question - will she be using disposable diapers, which have theoretical lifespan of decades, even in a landfill but are far more easy and convienient, or old-fashioned, wash-em-out-yer-ownself cloth diapers? Myself I'm voting for the third world nanny and disposables. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-05-13 12:36 |
| #7 Crow adopts baby boy Is Tom Servo a member of the household, too -- Heath Has Two Daddies, and They're Both Robots? |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2007-05-13 12:29 |
| #6 As an adopted child, I applaud Sheryl. This child will have so many more opportunities in life now. Look how well it worked out for me... |
| Posted by: Soon Yi Allen 2007-05-13 11:19 |
| #5 You of course assume that the Elite Crow will be the one wiping the kids ass. Probably will 'delegate' it to some illegal alien slave and then limit them to a single sheet. The sad part is 2 - 3 years down the road when the elite stuperstar gets tired of having the kid around and the fad has passed what will happen to the kids? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-05-13 09:56 |
| #4 Seems like this is the latest whacked-out celebraty fad. Go to some third-world country and adopt a child to show the rest of the world how nice you are. These children are nothing more than new baubles for these morally bankrupt people to flash to the minions. Using children to draw even more attention to themselves. It's all about Meeeeee! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-05-13 09:13 |
| #3 Sheryl Crow adopts 2 week old baby boy, i guess em.. Sheryl will *DO* the extreme 'hippy' bare ass, who needs paper, run around nakid thingy. not sure what the kid will *DO*. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-05-13 07:22 |
| #2 I thought a bird adopted a kid. Prolly have a better chance.... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-05-13 07:12 |
| #1 That runny baby stuff could be a real challenge for just one sheet. I hope the poor kid doesn't have to suffer diaper rash for his first 4 years due to nutcase Sheryl. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-13 00:56 |