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Jackie Elston
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humans are parasites
July 29, 2004 - 10:20 AM
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I hate seeing new businesses or housing developments being built. Haven't we got enough already? Nobody ever stops to think about the homes and lives they are stealing from the animals inhabiting those areas. And in return for the oxygen that trees provide for us, we chop them down. I hate to think that someday all the beauty of nature will be gone because of selfish people that just want money, no matter what the consequences are. Even if it means killing millions of animals in oil spills every year, or polluting our water and air. It makes me sick that people are still using oil for fuel, when there are plenty of cheaper, and more environment-friendly alternatives. I'm sick of those ignorant people that only care about themselves, and never think about how bad they are making the world for future generations.
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Robert Margolis
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Home in the mountains...
July 30, 2004 - 08:08 AM
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When I lived in CO, I used to hear this riddle:
Q: What is a Colorado environmentalist?
A: Someone who already has their home in the mountains.
The big irony in the US is that most everyone wants to live in places with clean air and water, no crime, and great scenery. When EVERYBODY moves to such places they wonder why everything has gotten so bad.
Maybe if we make our cities more livable, people will not move into virgin lands.
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Brian
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Re: humans are parasites
July 30, 2004 - 09:13 AM
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I live in a area like this that is being built up right now. I'm sure not too many years ago it was all just forrest. I am one of those "environmentalists" who disparages the construction but lives there still. I now have soemthing new to think about!
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Re: humans are parasites
July 31, 2004 - 07:53 AM
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And even such ideas as new urbanism work only when people are willing to allow greater regulation (i.e., community associations saying who can live where and how many cars are allowed, etc). Most folks in the US do not like this option.
There are always tradeoffs with these things. ;-)
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Prometheus
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Re: humans are parasites
June 16, 2005 - 06:01 AM
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i think that urbanism is an amazing idea, but would also make people move to different area's so that they will be able to have a larger house or more cars. i am once again going to state (see other posts) that if everybody would join together to clean up their own area, not for one day or one week, but for a long amount of time, then everywhere would be more livible.
and SilentSorceress is right about buildings. we do not need any more buildings to produce more gases to further destroy our Ozone layer. we have enough companies making enough things. but yes, everybody needs a job so it may be required to build more buildings. but dont do it near or in a forest. do it where a previous company was built or something like that. it just comes back to 3 R's. reduce, re-use, recyle.
if we reduce the usage of oil as a gas, we can save out Ozone layer.
if we re-use buildings then we can save a lot of wildlife
if we recycle everything possible, then we will have more ground to use because dumps will not be as big
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Dade Veda
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Re: humans are parasites
August 15, 2005 - 01:02 AM
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There is a company here in my city by the name of Homestead. They have been quickly developing any space they can into new housing development.
They even bought up Lake Ontario Park, a nice little waterfront property that had amusement park rides and camping space in it. The guy who owned it before moved all the rides out to his other place outside the city, but I know that waterfront property will be developed soon for housing purposes. They already have three appartments right beside the land.
Other companies are tearing down the malls here and turning them into giant outdoor shopping centers and expanding the borders of them as well.
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Char
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and another thing
August 28, 2005 - 05:41 AM
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In addition to destroying land and resources, urbanization has another fun side effect: urban heat islands!!
Has anyone heard of this phenomenon?
Basically, with all of the buildings and concrete everywhere, there is no place for the heat to absorb and dissipate (ie like in a field or forest; any greenery). In addition, there are no good gusts of wind that can blow the warm air out of the city (once again blocked by buildings!)...so the heat just stays in the city.
And we wonder why city living is uncomfortable for a number of reasons?! If we would build smarter cities with larger green areas, trees, and less concrete (and less buildings!!) we could avoid this problem, and as mentioned eariler, make city living more comfortable and cleaner...
But that just sounds too simple, doesn't it?
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