tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3502390362494806926..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: That Tightness in Your Chest? That's Time Running Out.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15309168397368873252017-11-01T10:16:14.373-07:002017-11-01T10:16:14.373-07:00To answer your questions, "Yes, of course we&...To answer your questions, "Yes, of course we'd export the bitumen"...without even blinking an eye. We do that with asbestos, so why not with bitumen?<br /><br />Just to be clear, I am NOT in favour of exporting anything that harms the environment or people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-89191592817957683992017-10-31T15:25:32.431-07:002017-10-31T15:25:32.431-07:00Along the same lines, Toby, I consider my age when...<br />Along the same lines, Toby, I consider my age when I'm choosing products. It's not the "green banana" syndrome, not yet, but I do sometimes choose a product I know will last 20 years so that I know I won't have to replace it in my lifetime. I had to put a new roof on my place this year. I chose (deadfall) cedar shakes. I asked the fellow about the warranty and he asked how old I was. I told him and he replied, "well then in your case it's a lifetime warranty." I really don't think I'll have to buy a lot of ordinary stuff again. My car should last me. I tend to use it once or twice a week. Ditto for my motorcycle. Got all the rifles I'll ever need, ammo too probably. My fishing gear should be enough to get by with. I've weaned myself off the urge to get the "latest and greatest" just for the sake of having it. I've had my house renovated so it's cheap to heat in the winter and cools itself naturally in the summer (casement windows, etc.). I've found local suppliers (farmers) for poultry, lamb, etc. and there's plenty of local seafood - salmon, cod, prawns, crab and all manner of shellfish (oysters, mussels and claims - fresh).<br /><br />In some ways it's a big change from an upper middle class lifestyle but it wasn't a painful transition. I've got everything I need just not so many things I really never needed. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-74348406509870793512017-10-31T14:50:05.234-07:002017-10-31T14:50:05.234-07:00What to give up? I've thought a lot about that...What to give up? I've thought a lot about that. What I try hardest to give up is <i>disposability</i>, the single use stuff. Unfortunately, most of it is packaging which I have little control over. Most of the packaging has to do with shipping product insanely long distances and with bean counters who want bar codes on everything. Like many, I go out of my way to reuse & recycle but most disposable stuff isn't necessary at all. <br /><br />Yes, you guys are right. We have to change. We can change. An awful lot of what we have to change requires that our leaders put their feet down and demand that the "Market" respond accordingly. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-11116801580928276702017-10-31T13:27:42.731-07:002017-10-31T13:27:42.731-07:00What infuriates me, Lorne, is that we have a choic...<br />What infuriates me, Lorne, is that we have a choice. Yes it means doing things in new ways and foregoing quantity for quality of life. Yet it really comes down to us sacrificing a small bit for a much greater benefit for future generations. <br /><br />And we won't consider it. Our leaders won't even try to persuade us to change.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-51487393970938597642017-10-31T12:01:33.402-07:002017-10-31T12:01:33.402-07:00Coupled with your post yesterday, Mound, it is cle...Coupled with your post yesterday, Mound, it is clear for those who want the unvarnished truth that time is quickly running out. No one likes change, especially if that change entails sacrifice, but the fact that we are being constantly lied to by omission by our political 'leaders' and not being given a framework for the changes that are necessary compounds their complicity in the world's rapid deterioration. <br /><br />May there be a special place in hell for them.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com