Comments on: Environmental Ennui http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/ Author, Julie Luongo's fabulous blog. ~ "With great hope comes great cynicism." Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: julieluongo http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28817 julieluongo Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:37:22 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28817 Right. Good. Thanks. Done. If it's assy to make an edit, then I must be the worst ass. Right. Good. Thanks. Done. If it’s assy to make an edit, then I must be the worst ass.

]]> By: Erin Williams http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28813 Erin Williams Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:23:24 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28813 Hey Julie, I can't really wax philisophically as well as you and your friends, but I can be an ass and point out that 1979 was actually 30 years ago - not 20. Hey Julie,
I can’t really wax philisophically as well as you and your friends, but I can be an ass and point out that 1979 was actually 30 years ago – not 20.

]]> By: Jennifer http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28353 Jennifer Wed, 06 May 2009 14:10:41 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28353 Yeah, what Gary said. Yeah, what Gary said.

]]> By: messiestobjects http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28343 messiestobjects Tue, 05 May 2009 16:58:52 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28343 The guy on that web page can't make up his mind. First he says that the liklihood of Yellowstone blowing up in the next few thousand years is exceeding low, then he says that Yellowstone had erupted every 600,000 years pretty [archly] <i>faithfully</i> [/archly] but that it's now been 640,000 years since the last one, so we're way overdue. WELL? DAMMIT MAN, WHICH IS IT?! The guy on that web page can’t make up his mind. First he says that the liklihood of Yellowstone blowing up in the next few thousand years is exceeding low, then he says that Yellowstone had erupted every 600,000 years pretty [archly] faithfully [/archly] but that it’s now been 640,000 years since the last one, so we’re way overdue. WELL? DAMMIT MAN, WHICH IS IT?!

]]> By: julieluongo http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28341 julieluongo Tue, 05 May 2009 16:21:36 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28341 Oh, yeah, that looks bad. Even if the whole of N. America isn't covered, the bread belt is effectively barren...not to mention all of the other problems. Death. Ash. Clouds. Oh, yeah, that looks bad. Even if the whole of N. America isn’t covered, the bread belt is effectively barren…not to mention all of the other problems. Death. Ash. Clouds.

]]> By: Gary http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28339 Gary Tue, 05 May 2009 15:07:20 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28339 OK maybe not all of north america - but that sounded better. ;) OK maybe not all of north america – but that sounded better. ;)

]]> By: Gary http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28338 Gary Tue, 05 May 2009 15:06:51 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28338 It doesn't matter if you live near it or not. If it blows up all of north america will be covered in a foot of ash - and the environmental effects of that will be really bad most of the world. http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm It doesn’t matter if you live near it or not. If it blows up all of north america will be covered in a foot of ash – and the environmental effects of that will be really bad most of the world.

http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm

]]> By: julieluongo http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28337 julieluongo Tue, 05 May 2009 14:29:17 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28337 Why Yellowstone? You don't even live near there. The kids are right to be afraid that there won't be enough drinking water for everyone. That's the inevitable consequence of a world without permafrost. If we don't reduce the CO2 in the air right away, the world is going to be very different from the one we have adapted to, the one that has sustained human life. It's probably already too late. We have stage-4 cancer, there's an experimental drug that might work, but we don't want to pay the price. Why Yellowstone? You don’t even live near there.

The kids are right to be afraid that there won’t be enough drinking water for everyone. That’s the inevitable consequence of a world without permafrost. If we don’t reduce the CO2 in the air right away, the world is going to be very different from the one we have adapted to, the one that has sustained human life. It’s probably already too late. We have stage-4 cancer, there’s an experimental drug that might work, but we don’t want to pay the price.

]]> By: Jennifer http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28336 Jennifer Tue, 05 May 2009 13:32:20 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28336 I am completely freaked out by Yellowstone blowing up as well. I am completely freaked out by Yellowstone blowing up as well.

]]> By: Gary http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/environmental-ennui/#comment-28321 Gary Sun, 03 May 2009 19:15:19 +0000 http://julieluongo.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-28321 "I’ll never understand why people thought privatization of trash pick-up was a good idea. Public sanitation is the very definition of what a government is there to take care of. I hate hate hate that I have to pay for trash pick up in addition to taxes." I totally agree. When we got our house I was very surprised that we had to choose a company to pick up our garbage. We didn't really know which to pick. We also have an annoying issue the past year or so. Waste Management comes to pick up garbage on our street at 4 am. So every Friday morning at this time our boys are awoken by this loud screeching and beeping garbage truck, and they're terrified by it. It's going to be worse now that it's getting warmer and our windows will be open. Plus it wakes us up too. We switched to another company that is actually cheaper and that recycles more types of waste - so at least they wouldn't be slamming on their breaks to stop at our house (we live on a hill). It's a little better because they just drive on by, but it still sucks. We asked them not to come at that time but it didn't do any good. We're planning on dropping off a letter asking our neighbors to switch. Our company comes around 11am. “I’ll never understand why people thought privatization of trash pick-up was a good idea. Public sanitation is the very definition of what a government is there to take care of. I hate hate hate that I have to pay for trash pick up in addition to taxes.”

I totally agree. When we got our house I was very surprised that we had to choose a company to pick up our garbage. We didn’t really know which to pick.

We also have an annoying issue the past year or so. Waste Management comes to pick up garbage on our street at 4 am. So every Friday morning at this time our boys are awoken by this loud screeching and beeping garbage truck, and they’re terrified by it. It’s going to be worse now that it’s getting warmer and our windows will be open. Plus it wakes us up too. We switched to another company that is actually cheaper and that recycles more types of waste – so at least they wouldn’t be slamming on their breaks to stop at our house (we live on a hill). It’s a little better because they just drive on by, but it still sucks. We asked them not to come at that time but it didn’t do any good. We’re planning on dropping off a letter asking our neighbors to switch. Our company comes around 11am.

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