Christmas is Killing the Envoroment

[CaptainS]

Christmas is damaging the environment

SATURDAY , 17 DECEMBER 2005


SYDNEY: Christmas is damaging the environment, says a new report by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

The report titled "The Hidden Cost of Christmas" calculated the environmental impact of spending on books, clothes, alcohol, electrical appliances and lollies during the festive season.

Every dollar Australians spend on new clothes as gifts consumes 20 litres of water and requires 3.4 square metres of land in the manufacturing process, it said.

Last Christmas, Australians spent $A1.5 billion on clothes, which required more than 1.2 million acres of land to produce, it said.

Water that would approximately fill 42,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools was used in the production of Christmas drinks last December – most was used to grow barley for beer and grapes for wine.

"If your bank account is straining under the pressure of Christmas shopping, spare a thought for our environment," Don Henry, the foundation's executive director, said in a statement.

"It's paying for our Christmas presents with water, land, air and resources. These costs are hidden in the products we buy."

The report said that gifts like DVD players and coffee makers generated 780,000 tonnes of greenhouse pollution, even before they were unwrapped and used. A third was due to fuel consumption during production.

Even a box of $A30 chocolates or lollies this Christmas, will consume 20kg of natural materials and 940 litres of water.

"We can all tread more lightly on the earth this Christmas by eating, drinking and giving gifts in moderation, and by giving gifts with a low environmental cost, such as vouchers for services, tickets to entertainment, memberships to gyms, museums or sports clubs, and donations to charities," said Henry.

This is great, imagine does what St. Paddy's day does to the enviroment :D

[RadRob]

Tree-huggers suck...

[kayakking]

Tree-huggers suck...

Yea!!! I hate Earth!! We have plenty of space for pollution and trash. What's the big deal? :D :D

[lvwrench]

Don't forget that all the animals that fart give off methane gas that ruins the atmosphere so lets eat all the buggers. In fact let's shut down the whole planet and go somewhere else and pollute. Good grief Charley Brown Lucy and the liberals are at it again. Someday we will have the "Day after Tomorrow" scenario and it will just start all over again.

[kayakking]

Don't forget that all the animals that fart give off methane gas that ruins the atmosphere so lets eat all the buggers.

Wait a minute now!!! I'm one of those animals...and why would anybody want to eat my buggers??? ;) :D

[RadRob]

Yea!!! I hate Earth!! We have plenty of space for pollution and trash. What's the big deal? :D :D

I never said I hate the Earth and we have room for trash and pollution. These tree-huggin people take things too far. Scientists have proven that the Earth is warming (global warming) to reach homeostasis. The greenhouse effect and global warming ARE NOT the same thing. The greenhouse effect is the name applied to the process which causes the surface of the Earth to be warmer than it would have been in the absence of an atmosphere. They can't even get their terms correct. Without the Greenhouse Effect we would not be able to live here on Earth.

Global warming is caused by the Earth trying to get back to the temperature it was before the Ice Age (homeostasis). The Earth's temperature has been rising steadily over the past few centuries. The alarm is that instead of 5 tenths of a degree warming per century, we are now warming at a rate of 1 degree a century. It would be hundreds, possibly thousands of years before this had a significant effect on us.

The pollution is supposed to be causing the depletion of the ozone also right? Another ignorant argument. The worst point of the ozone that is depleting is over Antarctica. This must be from all the plants, refineries, and industrial sites we have there huh? It has been said that cows put off more methane gas and cause more damage to the ozone than humans. Do we kill all the cows off to stop this?

There are too many holes in the Tree-huggers arguments to ever take seriously. To imply that Christmas is causing damage to the Earth is ridiculous.

And don't get me started on the anti-hunting tree-huggers...

[hwoods]

Idiots abound. I'm relatively rich, I can afford to waste the earth's resources. :D

[kayakking]

The pollution is supposed to be causing the depletion of the ozone also right? Another ignorant argument. The worst point of the ozone that is depleting is over Antarctica. This must be from all the plants, refineries, and industrial sites we have there huh? It has been said that cows put off more methane gas and cause more damage to the ozone than humans. Do we kill all the cows off to stop this?

...actually, I've uncovered a liberal government plot to eliminate all cows!

http://www.southparkstudios.com/downloads/display_video.php?ep_number=10 1&ep_name=Cartman%20Gets%20an%20 Anal%20Probe&vid=http://images.southparkstudios.com/media/video/101/ep_101_04.mov&vid_name=Cows%20turn%20themsel ves%20inside%20out%20all%20the %20time!

[CaptainGonzo]

"We can all tread more lightly on the earth this Christmas by eating, drinking and giving gifts in moderation, and by giving gifts with a low environmental cost, such as vouchers for services, tickets to entertainment, memberships to gyms, museums or sports clubs, and donations to charities," said Henry.

Like the Ausrtalian Conservation Foundation?

HA!

[PattyV]

I posted it in the weird but true thread and i will say it here as well: These people are preservationists, not conservationists. :rolleyes:

The sad thing is that we have an actual political party here called 'The Greens'. They originally started to stop some issue with forestry in Tasmania, now every idiot that wants to save the world votes for them. :rolleyes:

[RadRob]

...actually, I've uncovered a liberal government plot to eliminate all cows!

http://www.southparkstudios.com/downloads/display_video.php?ep_number=10 1&ep_name=Cartman%20Gets%20an%20 Anal%20Probe&vid=http://images.southparkstudios.com/media/video/101/ep_101_04.mov&vid_name=Cows%20turn%20themsel ves%20inside%20out%20all%20the %20time!

Thats funny, I loved that one...

Author: Eric Cartman
"Screw you guys, I'm going home!"

[FlyingKiwi]

So the story goes...

The leader (female) of the Kiwiland Greens Party, spotted a native eagle high in a native tree on her property out in the bush.

Being warm and fuzzy she climbed the tree to comune with the Eagle sitting on its nest.

The Eagle took exception to her getting close to her chicks and started attacking her.

This caused the lady to fall down the tree in such a manner she could only use her legs as brakes.

This caused her to suffer large splinters betwen her thighs and around the nether regions.

After a painful walk home and a drive to the local medical clinic, she was taken through to see the doctor.

The Doctor gave her an examination and looking at the large wood splinters said, "Could you wait here please, I need to check some details".

Two hours later the Doctor returned.

The Greeny asked in utter frustration, "What has taken so long".

Doctors response...

"Maam, I have checked with the Local Native Tribe, The Local Council, The Regional Authority, The National Conservation Department, Even gone so far as to talk to the Liberal Leader of your Government partner."

"What the heck has that got to do with my injuries", screamed the Irate Green Leader.

Doctors response...

"Maam, I am not allowed to remove native timber from a recreational area." :rolleyes: