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Forum: General 01-25-2023, 07:35 AM
Replies: 808
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Posted By TorC
@business_kid --

@business_kid --
Forum: General 01-20-2023, 10:20 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE More division over...

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

More division over non-political issues

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/politics/abortion-republicans-roe-v-wade.html...
Forum: General 01-19-2023, 12:27 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
So-called Carbon Credit studies are now too often...

So-called Carbon Credit studies are now too often a false science serving to alleviate unclean consciences and to gain government-funded grants for cooked studies corroborating foregone conclusions...
Forum: General 01-16-2023, 08:17 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Irresponsible and malevolent in a willfully...

Irresponsible and malevolent in a willfully ignorant manner, thinking only of shareholder profits -- E companies.



Meanwhile, we drive our overweight SUVs and pickup trucks into economic...
Forum: General 12-19-2022, 02:58 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Catastrophe waiting to happen or what?

@business_kid linked news about fir trees dying in western U.S. forests. Forest death began decades ago with drought stress opening opportunity for insect infestation. which had killed myriads of...
Forum: General 10-08-2022, 12:54 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Most Americans are addicted to our smart phones...

Most Americans are addicted to our smart phones and/or gaming and/or streaming media, unwilling to forgo them because these things provide a sort of solace in distracting us from issues we feel...
Forum: General 10-07-2022, 03:14 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
. . . and getting more expensive all the time, as...

. . . and getting more expensive all the time, as lumber.

Wood burning for heat in rural areas is one thing, in cities (especially those within natural basins, like Boise) it's another. Also,...
Forum: General 10-05-2022, 09:12 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
@business_kid Everywhere I see ignorant...

@business_kid

Everywhere I see ignorant people (willfully or otherwise) cutting down trees.

Destroying the forests and cutting down the trees to build houses (or continue the lies about "green...
Forum: General 09-29-2022, 10:18 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Geoengineering or what? Fact is, Florida is...

Geoengineering or what? Fact is, Florida is being either weashed away or cleansed, depending on one's POV.

One has to be either willfully ignorant or blind or both to deny humankind's part in it...
Forum: General 09-25-2022, 09:49 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
As the leading story in Wired this month states...

As the leading story in Wired this month states -- "Leave It All Behind."

In this abstract debate, I extend the meaning of this title to include the Old Set of priorites which places money even...
Forum: General 09-25-2022, 08:19 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Suggestion -- buy and wear a suitable RESPIRATOR...

Suggestion -- buy and wear a suitable RESPIRATOR when doing so.


All sarcasm aside and to all of you capitalists -- this could be considered a relevant stock tip or hint -- LOL!
Forum: General 09-11-2022, 06:57 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Fat chance! Over two milennia and we have...

Fat chance! Over two milennia and we have 'devolved' enough to value monetary gain over the Web of Life.

Progress? that's a laughable term, in this instance!
Forum: General 09-09-2022, 11:14 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
@frankbell -- Precisely. And those taking...

@frankbell -- Precisely.

And those taking this post off-topic may be labeled 'deniers' since the issue is not taken seriously by such.

A harbinger of what's to come -- The Klamath River and...
Forum: General 08-20-2022, 07:05 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
LO, LQ -- got confused Besides, a rather...

LO, LQ -- got confused
Besides, a rather pointless post, wasn't it?
Bad day?
Best wishes, grump!
Forum: General 08-20-2022, 09:20 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
@upscalevalley -- Welcome! One needs to...

@upscalevalley -- Welcome!

One needs to address the one spoken to with their LQ handle preceded by the @ sign to get their attention.
Forum: General 08-13-2022, 08:23 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
As the old saying goes, "They have ears but do...

As the old saying goes, "They have ears but do not listen . . . "

Denials of the Creator as evidenced with Evolutionary Theory (a religion in some academic circles) and Freudian psychology, to...
Forum: General 08-12-2022, 08:40 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Change is occurring -- agreed? Who cares...

Change is occurring -- agreed?

Who cares about semantics when our Earth is becoming uninhabitable in areas prone to such a disaster for reasons we claim not to know? When we drive fellow...
Forum: General 08-09-2022, 09:18 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
@business_kid -- +1 ! Landmark US climate...

@business_kid -- +1 !

Landmark US climate bill will do more harm than good, groups say (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/09/us-climate-bill-fossil-fuel-harm-environment-biden)
Bill...
Forum: General 05-11-2022, 09:38 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Again, I am just a watchman -- awareness of what...

Again, I am just a watchman -- awareness of what is really going on will help us all make correct decisions and take action if we have the courage.
...
Forum: General 04-30-2022, 11:01 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
UN report: People have wrecked 40% of all the...

UN report: People have wrecked 40% of all the land on Earth (https://grist.org/international/un-report-land-use-damage/)
and the percentage is growing daily in the Amazon, especially.

We're...
Forum: General 03-14-2022, 01:10 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Blocking Boycotts Opposing the Oil Industry

The American Legislative Exchange Council has drafted legislation modeled to do just that. In yet another direct challenge to the 14th Amandment (see TX Anti-abortion legislation), ALEC is trying to...
Forum: General 11-16-2021, 09:03 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
+1 wpeckham Report: ‘Whole of society’ effort...

+1 wpeckham
Report: ‘Whole of society’ effort must fight misinformation (https://apnews.com/article/climate-technology-business-misinformation-media-2d5ab06d5b3e531f0b923d3b4c8afcb0)
Forum: General 11-09-2021, 07:41 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
To hell with the UK. The topic is GLOBAL Climate...

To hell with the UK. The topic is GLOBAL Climate Change!
Forum: General 11-07-2021, 10:28 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
@wpeckham said, "Taxation is not the way to...

@wpeckham said, "Taxation is not the way to foment change, although it can by reaction."

Obviously, in societies where money (capitalist societies) is priority Number One, an economic incentive is...
Forum: General 11-05-2021, 12:44 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
The Sound of Silence...

The Sound of Silence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukmjBSQY-c)
Forum: General 11-04-2021, 07:44 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
@leclerk78 -- Bolsonaro's endorsement allowing...

@leclerk78 -- Bolsonaro's endorsement allowing deforestation and displacement (call it genocide) of Amazonia's native peoples is, at least, an ecological crime. His 'pledge' to eliminate illegal...
Forum: General 11-04-2021, 11:15 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Methane power from abandoned coal mins and oil wells

Thought processes that served well in the past, which seem to be especially prevalent in those born as 'Depression Era Babies,' now in their eighties or nineties, are no longer valid. Yet, most...
Forum: General 11-02-2021, 07:45 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
@wpeckham said, "To implement anything useful we...

@wpeckham said, "To implement anything useful we need legislators that are not driven by capitalism and wealth alone, but put ideals and the walism elfare of the population above such considerations....
Forum: General 10-31-2021, 10:52 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
Will COP26 make a difference?

. . . Or will the Endergy Corporations and acncillary corp's and dependent entities continue to block real progress?
Or is it too late to doe anything of real value to ameliorate the thelong-term...
Forum: General 10-29-2021, 09:20 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
An economic columnists's take on the COP26...

An economic columnists's take on the COP26 follows. Let's hear from all those who place economics above ecological concerns, please.

The planet’s future is on the line at Glasgow climate summit...
Forum: General 10-28-2021, 09:44 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
+1 'A "healthy" skepticism is not one without...

+1 'A "healthy" skepticism is not one without limits.'
AND 'Healthy skepticism should know when to stop being skeptical.'

Pride comes before a fall &
Wisdom begins with humility

TorC
Forum: General 10-27-2021, 01:40 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
The paradigm of which I speak is, in reality, an...

The paradigm of which I speak is, in reality, an ancient one. But like the lost discoverer, Christopher Columbus, who thought he had stumbled upon the "New World," some, in their arrogance, will...
Forum: General 10-26-2021, 09:30 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
@enorbet -- I find your artificial separation of...

@enorbet -- I find your artificial separation of Earth and Spirituality (non-religious, BTW, because spirituality has not much to do with religion) indicative of the mindset that causes such as...
Forum: General 10-23-2021, 10:36 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
First rule of corporations is to make money for...

First rule of corporations is to make money for the stockholders. No incentive exists to make it otherwise.

Governmental regulation of corporations has proven necessary. Too late!
...
Forum: General 09-14-2021, 05:59 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,971
Posted By TorC
In 1971, I set off to work in 'the woods' wearing...

In 1971, I set off to work in 'the woods' wearing a Levi denim jacket with an upside-down American flag patch on my left shoulder and an Ecology Flag patch on my right. Many older men, like my boss,...
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