30 years ago lots of us drove out to the bush to change our oil.
Find a nice depression to park over and let it rip.
Things have changed,our perceptions have changed.
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Bad places to dump your oil...in days gone by...
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30 years ago lots of us drove out to the bush to change our oil.
Find a nice depression to park over and let it rip.
Things have changed,our perceptions have changed.
;-)Roadside ditches used to be great places for that....
Y'know, I can remember being one of those "crazy stoned-up hippies" that folks used to laugh at for thinking of the ecology....
Man, have perceptions changed now that the meter's running closer to zip.
If I am beginning to make a little bit of sense according to you, I am not sure that a compliment, JLM.
Anyway, I disagree with you, it is the job of individuals and of the government. Governments must crack down on the miscreants, those who would dump effluents etc, into pristine pure water, those who would go on an indiscriminate killing of endangered species and so on.
Governments must also do something proactively to try to improve the environment. Left to individuals, the lowest common denominator will prevail and there will be pollution, wholesale and unchecked.
Come's from reading mother earth news magazines back then,and mad and the fabulous furry freak brothers.
Back when I was NDP.
I see what worked though and what was bull****,I've worked in the bush all my life,I can and do go back to places I disturbed 30 years ago nd see how they did.
See what worked and what didnt because mostly there was a lot of experimental projects going on back then.
Now,you take a piss on the fresh snow and someone think's it's hydraulic oil or fuel spill and the spill kits come out and reports have to be fillled out.:roll:
I usually wait untill they have all their samples before telling them I just urinated there,leave my pee alone.
Gov't. does have a slight role to play. I think there are probably enough laws in place to deal with it and Gov't. should insist on enforcement. If not enact one or two more it that's what's really needed and enforce them. Punish the miscreants, otherswise Gov't. should leave it to others to fix.
I lived with them in uninsulated prospector tent's at -80 for over 3 years,learned some of their language and most of their customs and traditions.
I learned to respect them as some of the toughest peeps I have ever met,I also can fly into any airport in Nunavut and know someone there or in the town.
I've met and dined with all the Innuit big wigs in the kivallik,when the quebec mining companys want to start a mine they know how to shmooze the owners of the territory.
I've escorted every single one of them from the plane to the kitchen at camp in a gotrack and have many videos of my time up there(73).
The arctic is a huge place but the people are few,I still know someone in every community from whale cove to Baker lake and Yellowknife.
My Inuk name is Umilik,it means the bearded one as I grew a huge beard while living with the Innuit.
They cant grow more then a few whiskers.
If you have a big beard your treated with the utmost respect,the longer the better.
At minus 80 my shaver didnt work anyways. The batterys exploded.
Well then, didn’t the Inuits tell you that Arctic is warming up? At least that is what one reads in papers many times. Apparently the Inuits have been warning for a long time now about the dangers of the arctic warming up.
Have you heard anyone deny that Arctic/global warming is harmful? Have you heard anyone say it isn't happening? Please get ALL the facts ... not just the bits and pieces that fit your propaganda and post count fodder. What IS up for grabs is man's contribution.
I hear them bitching because all the whining some folks have done has cut the quota down and now polars cruise through the towns and the only way they can kill them is a defense attack.
Which they do and they laugh at you kee kee kabluna's.
It's been in the papers up there for 2 years now,they call it civil disobediance.
It's widely encouraged now since they cut the quota but you would know that or should if you were actually up there.
Not once,living 60 kliks from the arctic circle I can tell you this though,the ice melts end of june and refreezes end of september,like clockwork give or take a few days.
I experienced -80 a few years ago there,a record in enviro canada's books which go back to the 40's
Some of the biggest polluters on our planet are the big corporations who contribute to political parties and are thus often excluded from necessary clean-ups. Agri-business and food companies are among the very worst.
Governments don't move on anything unless there is political captial to be made. That capital comes from the will of the people. Without people giving a damn, governments wouldn't go anything. So it is people, the individual who starts to make a difference and is then joined by others who see the benefits of doing so.
Where I live we have many groups of individuals who will join together to clean up streams, creeks, old dumps, roadside ditches, etc. The government was not and is not involved - probably a good thing as they would need to hold an inquiry to see if it is necessary followed by a vote, followed by a commission, followed by creating a bureaucracy, etc, etc, etc.
Power to the people, SirJP. We can and do make a difference. ;-)
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Years ago (two of them, so back in 2007) a neighbour of mine painted his
fence (that was built mostly out of old pallets) with his own secret recipe
that was mostly used motor oil, in order to seal and preserve that fence.
fence (that was built mostly out of old pallets) with his own secret recipe
that was mostly used motor oil, in order to seal and preserve that fence.
;-) Don't tell anyone but I still do the tank 'n' spreader tube thing to oil the dust down. Is chloride good for the environment ... or CIL?
Snicker, snicker, snicker.. post count fodder! Hee Haw.. .good one lone wolf. :lol:
Well then, there are at least some Inuits who disagree with you on that.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5557634
Getting the Inuit Message on Global Warming to the World: Confessions of a Press Guy
Indeed, it is easy enough to find numerous references where Inuits are concerned about the Arctic warming. This tells me that you haven't been talking to all of Inuits, only to some of them (and only to those who do not believe that the Arctic is warming), your extessive experience with Inuits notwithstanding.
Perhpas you have been selective in deciding which Inuits to talk to, talking to only those who agree with you that global warming is a hoax (is that what you believe?).
Sorry bud but I'll take the words of the elders over a media piece everytime.
Hope you understand why.
Hope you understand why.
The arctic is huge but not many people,I know someone in every Arctic community except Labradour.