True Geraldo, but who is going to tell and dictate what consumers want and buy. know that I buy a lot of crap that winds up in landfills, and I am positive that you do as well, it is unavoidable in our consumer society.m even what we think are absolute necessities, really aren't. My childhood, as mentioned in a comment above,was spent in…
True Geraldo, but who is going to tell and dictate what consumers want and buy. know that I buy a lot of crap that winds up in landfills, and I am positive that you do as well, it is unavoidable in our consumer society.m even what we think are absolute necessities, really aren't. My childhood, as mentioned in a comment above,was spent in an environment that was essentially garbage free..
The only thing my grandparents bought were flour, salt, sugar, snuff and gingham,, and the flour sacks were recycled as clothing and quilts.
I was a child of 2 to 5 and thought nothing of it, I sure don't want to live like that again.
It was 10 Degrees outside when I woke up, 60 indoors and my hands were numb from the coal.
I moved back with my grandparents when I was 17, they lived in a shot gun cabin, what had been slave housing. My bedroom was a screened in porch, with nothing but plastic keeping the wind out. In winter I slept in a feather down mattress (in not not) and covered with a layer of quilts, I had to pull my clothes in under the quilts to warm them, and even with socks on it was a shock to get out of bed, forget taking a shower, no hot water. And my desk was in the porch, and a pedal operated white sewing machine. imagine sitting there in winter doing home work,with snow on the ground and wind whipping the plastic warping, and that was luxury living compared to my grandparents and their childhood.
I for one, appreciate living in the 21st century, flaws and all,I actually live better than Henry VIII and so do you.
Lee, what you say is true but we all need is to question our habits. Lets think about what we eat, if we get food from far away places we generate a lot of energy consumption and most sure destroying forests etc. if we regulate that you consume 80% of your food from 200 miles from you then we make it smaller problem. The same with all the stuff we buy, higher quality goods made near where you live. It may be more expensive but you might not need as many jeans, tv’s, etc.
Again in a service economy you will say big corporations will get it all. Local regulations can tax with a % of sales to franchises and bigger national / international business so smaller guys have a leveled playing field.
We just need to question everything to have a better future.
I couldn' agree more, However many of us have to buy food from far away places. It is 12 degrees farenheit outside, and I live on an Island, accessible by boat, ferry and plane. We can't grow much at tis latitude, growing season is short, tomatoes seldom ripen, lettuce well a waste, the slugs get most that grows,so we have to buy food imported from elsewheres, Damnedest thing. we grow apples in our state but most are exported and then they import apples from Chile. America produces more oil than it consumers (Saudi Arab owns Exxon and most oil refineries along the Gulf, and they refine oil and export it, and in turn import oil to refine.
Long story short, most of my dinners are salads (am pre diabetic and beat it with diet), and I have to buy food that is "imported from elsewheres, mostly California.
True Geraldo, but who is going to tell and dictate what consumers want and buy. know that I buy a lot of crap that winds up in landfills, and I am positive that you do as well, it is unavoidable in our consumer society.m even what we think are absolute necessities, really aren't. My childhood, as mentioned in a comment above,was spent in an environment that was essentially garbage free..
The only thing my grandparents bought were flour, salt, sugar, snuff and gingham,, and the flour sacks were recycled as clothing and quilts.
I was a child of 2 to 5 and thought nothing of it, I sure don't want to live like that again.
It was 10 Degrees outside when I woke up, 60 indoors and my hands were numb from the coal.
I moved back with my grandparents when I was 17, they lived in a shot gun cabin, what had been slave housing. My bedroom was a screened in porch, with nothing but plastic keeping the wind out. In winter I slept in a feather down mattress (in not not) and covered with a layer of quilts, I had to pull my clothes in under the quilts to warm them, and even with socks on it was a shock to get out of bed, forget taking a shower, no hot water. And my desk was in the porch, and a pedal operated white sewing machine. imagine sitting there in winter doing home work,with snow on the ground and wind whipping the plastic warping, and that was luxury living compared to my grandparents and their childhood.
I for one, appreciate living in the 21st century, flaws and all,I actually live better than Henry VIII and so do you.
We are all spoiled rotten.
Lee, what you say is true but we all need is to question our habits. Lets think about what we eat, if we get food from far away places we generate a lot of energy consumption and most sure destroying forests etc. if we regulate that you consume 80% of your food from 200 miles from you then we make it smaller problem. The same with all the stuff we buy, higher quality goods made near where you live. It may be more expensive but you might not need as many jeans, tv’s, etc.
Again in a service economy you will say big corporations will get it all. Local regulations can tax with a % of sales to franchises and bigger national / international business so smaller guys have a leveled playing field.
We just need to question everything to have a better future.
I couldn' agree more, However many of us have to buy food from far away places. It is 12 degrees farenheit outside, and I live on an Island, accessible by boat, ferry and plane. We can't grow much at tis latitude, growing season is short, tomatoes seldom ripen, lettuce well a waste, the slugs get most that grows,so we have to buy food imported from elsewheres, Damnedest thing. we grow apples in our state but most are exported and then they import apples from Chile. America produces more oil than it consumers (Saudi Arab owns Exxon and most oil refineries along the Gulf, and they refine oil and export it, and in turn import oil to refine.
Long story short, most of my dinners are salads (am pre diabetic and beat it with diet), and I have to buy food that is "imported from elsewheres, mostly California.