[geeks] Global Warming

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Sep 19, 2008, at 10:52 , Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> I can think of no reason to waste anything (power, oil, or any  
>> natural resource), and I recycle whenever practical, to the point  
>> that when I go on a business trip I bring the trade magazines I  
>> read on the plane trips and in the hotel back home to recycle if I  
>> can't find a recycle bin at the hotel. The same goes for aluminium  
>> cans - when I toss a soda can in the trash I feel bad...
>
> Recycling paper is worse for the environment than making new paper  
> from farmed wood pulp.
> Recycling plastic takes more energy than making new plastic.

Yeah, aluminum is one of the best, at 5% to recycle versus 100% to  
make new stuff.

Maybe increasing oil prices will get us back to metal products that  
don't fall apart and are possible to repair.



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Shannon Hendrix
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