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delrem

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2. Yes, I'm sure a kid doing a science project will solve the problem.

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:48 AM

Dec 2014

Solar or wave powered, or wind powered too!

The problem isn't that we're a mite too profligate in our use of coal and oil resources, it's that we've been too distracted by greed to be aware of the problem posed by our waste, or to consider a solution.

Yes. I like this way of thinking.

All we need do is wake up and with a bit of good old-fashioned american ingenuity the problem will be turned into profit!
Who could possibly put up a counter-argument to that?

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Someone's going to come up with a solar or wave powered scooper that runs around picking all that MADem Dec 2014 #1

Yes, I'm sure a kid doing a science project will solve the problem. delrem Dec 2014 #2

Wow, who peed in your wheaties? Why are you so angered? MADem Dec 2014 #3

I apologize! delrem Dec 2014 #4

No worries, I'll get over it. I just have a glass half full approach to life. MADem Dec 2014 #5

There are screw-ups and there are screw-ups. delrem Dec 2014 #6

I think there needs to be another HUGE global environmental movement to address these issues adirondacker Dec 2014 #7

I think anyone doing anything helps to raise awareness. MADem Dec 2014 #8