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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] An Inconvenient Truth
  • Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:13:59 -0800 (PST)

I simply was saying that decisions should be made with reason, not emotion.
I think we agree on that. Zealotry and propaganda solve no long term
problems..........bobford

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--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] An Inconvenient Truth
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 10:15 AM
> Bob, So. Africa uses DDT for MALARIA. Last time I looked we
> don't have a whole bunch of malaria here in the U.S.
> DDT was being used on just about every crop there was and
> everywhere there *might* have been anything that resembled a
> mosquito. The problem is that DDT was used indiscriminately
> and in excess. When used properly, it *may* have a place
> but not unsupervised and not for everything and its uncle.
>
> The *may* includes the side-effects of DDT and the fact
> that using it around humans means it gets into the blood and
> being fat soluable, it stays in the body. The DDE levels in
> women in S. Africa is high. The results since the spraying
> program was resumed indicates that infant mortality has
> increased. 10 or 20 years down the road, what are going to
> be the results since the spraying is done in the house?
> What about the adverse health conditions through life?
>
> And you are falling into the either/or argument. Nuclear
> is not the *only* answer and shouldn't be the answer
> UNTIL someone figures out what to do with nuclear waste AND
> stops building the blooming things on water supplies
> sources. Oh, and another thought, stop buildign them on
> earthquake faults.
>
> The same applies to wood. Woodstoves and the big scrap
> wood burning electric plants don't have to send out
> particulate matter.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob ford"
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
>
>
> > The problem with propaganda is the problem of the
> fable of 'the little boy who cried wolf'. I agree
> that we should conserve resources and protect the
> environment. I have been trying my part for a long time.
> But , there are trade-offs.
> >
> > How many millions of small children should die to
> balance out the good for the bird population (DDT/Malaria)?
> How many forests should burn for one misguided group's
> misfired efforts to save one of a bird's species habitat
> (mexican spotted owl)? Should we burn more wood to keep
> warm (more hard pollution) or build more nuclear power
> plants (*clean*
> > energy?) to provide heat for homes? All of these are
> real decisions that have been made and will be made ,
> again.
> >
> > There will be decisions based on propaganda that
> actually hurt the causes that the propaganda purports to
> support. We should have people of reason explaining things
> of such importance; not zealots and ideologues. Else, it is
> just a fad, with no lasting consequences ......my opinion
> .......bobford
> >
> > p.s. Calling sensationalized guesswork
> "documentary" was a big part of this specific
> problem
> >
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Lynn Wigglesworth
> <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Jeanne; I agree. I don't really understand all
> the
> >> fighting about the details or level of danger of
> 'global
> >> warming'..what percentage are we causing,
> etc. We are clearly doing harm to the planet and the
> environment. Lessening pollution and energy use isn't a
> bad thing, no matter how you look at it.
> >>
> >> Lynn Wigglesworth
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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