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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Fod
Date: Apr 1, 2007 13:45

On 1 Apr, 08:03, "Doug" riseup.net> wrote:
> On Mar 30, 2:12 pm, Conor gmail.com> wrote:> In article <1175243366.113550.17...@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Doug
>> says...
>
>>> You will have to show that your home consumption is less than mine,
>>> which will be difficult.
>
>> Which I've already done
>
> Where?
>
>>> yet you decided to ignore it
>
> Liar! I vepublished my TOTAL home consumtion several times in the
> past.

and when asked for some things to confirm what you said you suddenly
went very quiet...
Yet you refute things other people say unless they can come up with a
much higher burden of proof.
> What about your heating? Give your total home energy consumption in
> kWh over this recent three month winter period and I will do the same,
> again.

I'll gladly match lifetime totals with you Doug. I'll even agree to
factor in Age should our ages be different.
That how confident I am that despite my car use my lifetime impact is
much less than yours.

Lets start with ages; I'm 33; how old are you? Have you been
polluting longer than me?

Fod

And while you are at it give your annual car mileage and fuel
> consumption. Put up or shut up, hypocrite motorist!
>
> Oh yes. How old are your computers and how do you dispose of your
> computers, and the same goes for all the other blazing hypocrites in
> this thread who tell me I should buy a new computer and dump my old
> ones, especially 4x4er Steve Filth?
>
> Quote SchNEWS 582, 30th March 2007.
>
> "Is there such a thing as a 'fair trade' computer or iPod?
> International attention has been focussed on the appalling labour
> conditions required to produce our clothes and many brands now
> boast their 'fair-trade' credentials. But the same scrutiny
> doesn't apply to the many other types of manufactured goods which
> are coming out of similarly dire sweatshops in east Asia.
>
> Microsoft recently released its new 'operating system', Vista. It
> will only run on the latest computers, prompting millions of
> people to upgrade. This cycle of forced obsolescence caused by
> 'new generations' of technology is the engine that drives the
> consumer electronics industry. Environmentally the cost is huge
> with large scale mineral extraction using toxic and resource-heavy
> processes during production - for products which are on average
> used for three years before becoming 'e-waste', filling holes in
> the ground with lead, cadmium, copper, gold, chromium, tin, zinc,
> antimony, coltan, plastics and more. The West then ships some 50
> million tonnes of 'e-waste' to dump in China each year."

never heard for linux?

Fod
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