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01-20-2007, 01:04 PM

In article <dMtsh.728185$5R2.506737@pd7urf3no>,
"nash" <zwepytzkehillc9@jetable.net> wrote:

> "Tim McNamara" <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote in message
> news:timmcn-7A94E4.12012620012007@news.iphouse.com...
> > In article <bnhsoe.mn6.ln@bud.garden.local>, tkeats2005@hotmail.com
> > (Tom Keats) wrote:
> >
> >> And it's their own air pollution they're complaining about.
> >
> > We all own the air pollution as we are all economically complicit
> > in its creation.
>
> I am not. But if you want to see how much pollution you create go to
> One Tonne Challenge. Averaged out we make 5 tons a year. Myself I
> only make 2 and that was before I stopped using transit to work. I
> am at home and only ride the bike as I have since I was 8. So my
> life time contribution has almost been nil to those averages of 5T/y

Congratulations. What you lack in pollution you make up for in self
righteousness.

Unless you eat a raw foraged diet, do not live in a heated home, do not
use electricity, do not buy consumer goods, do not have a job, etc., you
are economically implicit in the pollution of the Earth. Some people
have a marginally larger share than others. If you live in the United
States your pro-rated share is higher than any other group of people in
the world.

01-20-2007, 01:04 PM	#106 (permalink)
Tim McNamara Guest Posts: n/a	Re: OT Interesting video In article <dMtsh.728185$5R2.506737@pd7urf3no>, "nash" <zwepytzkehillc9@jetable.net> wrote: > "Tim McNamara" <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote in message > news:timmcn-7A94E4.12012620012007@news.iphouse.com... > > In article <bnhsoe.mn6.ln@bud.garden.local>, tkeats2005@hotmail.com > > (Tom Keats) wrote: > > > >> And it's their own air pollution they're complaining about. > > > > We all own the air pollution as we are all economically complicit > > in its creation. > > I am not. But if you want to see how much pollution you create go to > One Tonne Challenge. Averaged out we make 5 tons a year. Myself I > only make 2 and that was before I stopped using transit to work. I > am at home and only ride the bike as I have since I was 8. So my > life time contribution has almost been nil to those averages of 5T/y Congratulations. What you lack in pollution you make up for in self righteousness. Unless you eat a raw foraged diet, do not live in a heated home, do not use electricity, do not buy consumer goods, do not have a job, etc., you are economically implicit in the pollution of the Earth. Some people have a marginally larger share than others. If you live in the United States your pro-rated share is higher than any other group of people in the world.