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I suppose that by some standards, anything done by humans is environmentally
unfriendly. Probably the most environmentally unfriendly thing is the
destruction of forests and grasslands (here read "urban development", "Paving"
and most buildings other than treehouses).
On the other hand all those hydrocarbons came out of the environment in the
first place and if we still lived in the forests, there would be plenty of
natural reactions to recycle them.
It is interesting to note that the most rabid environmentalists, and especially
those who push "Zero Population Growth" also describe themselves as "humanists".
But it should also be noted that the amount lost is slight and if you have a
cat it will turn it into CO2 (a greenhouse gas), H20 (steam) and SO3
(sulfuric acid anhydride) which they tell me has yet to be proved to be
hazardous, just like the carbon black particulates in diesel smoke, which
probably contribute almost as much to global warming as greenhouse gases.
Okay, I am getting down off my soapbox, which I plan to burn for firewood,
thus polluting the air even more (but not like a forest fire, especially
one started by lightning). Maybe the EPA will start filing charges against
God for such environmental disasters as forest fires, volcanic eruptions and
tidal waves....
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Central US
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