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2007-02-19 Home Front: Culture Wars

Organic farming 'no better for the environment'

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Posted by Mike 2007-02-19 08:21|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The evil "carbon footprint" of food production can only be eliminated by the liquidation of consumers of food.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-19 08:48|| 2007-02-19 08:48|| Front Page Top

#2 It can be very amusing to follow these calculations to the end. It turns out, f'r instance, that cloth nappies and disposable diapers have just about the same environmental load... until one realizes that the disposables can be so easily composted except for the thin plastic outer layer, and then the disposables win. Or the bottle recycling required in Germany -- those recycled through the shops are good for an average of 1.5 cycles before they chip or break. And that isn't even counting the manual labour to sort out the one in three that can't be refilled in each batch. Or planting trees on sealed rubbish tips -- does the planet win because of the increased carbon dioxide absorbtion, or lose because of the heavy metals and other pollutants pulled up through the tree roots and released with the dead leaves in the autumn? Anguper Hupomosing9418 nailed the real belief.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-19 12:38|| 2007-02-19 12:38|| Front Page Top

#3 And that isn't even counting the manual labour

Left wingers (from Plato to Khmer Rouge) like manual labor for the masses.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-02-19 15:32|| 2007-02-19 15:32|| Front Page Top

#4 It's good for 'em Grom, keeps them busy, productive and tired.

Posted by Shipman 2007-02-19 17:03|| 2007-02-19 17:03|| Front Page Top

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