Re: [APML] Dark Sky article

["Daniel Reyna" <dreyna14@earthlink.net>]

Uh oh, I can feel my blood pressure starting to rise.  This topic completely
pisses me off.  I can tell you that this world would probably be a little
better if China cleaned up its act.  40,000,000 tons, wow, and it all goes
into the air for us to breathe!  And people whine about the few tons of
nuclear waste generated by a nuke plant which is easily controlled.  1349
watts per square meter of power arrives from the Sun and we're still burning
coal to produce much of our power.  I also try to buy American made products
as well but even those are made from imported components.  I try to make a
concerted effort to conserve.  My next car will be a hybrid or some kind of
new-technology vehicle.  The words and facts are already out, but money
talks and we all know what walks

Daniel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryn Baker" <odomari2001@yahoo.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Dark Sky article


> I totally agree with Tony. I try to buy as little Chinese-made stuff as
> possible. Unfortunately, it seems with some things that there is no choice
but
> to by stuff made in China, but I try to go American whenever I can. It may
seem
> futile on the individual level, but if the word and the facts get out, a
whole
> lot of people might be able to make a difference, or at least a statement,
to
> some degree. Sorry to go off on a tangent, but I just hope the generations
to
> come have a nightsky to look at from their backyards. It's important that
we
> all make a difference when and where we can!
>
> Daryn
>
>
> --- Tony Hallas <tonyhallas@foothill.net> wrote:
> > Dale,
> >
> >    It gets worse...
> >
> >    I just read an article yesterday about all the air pollution coming
across
> > the Pacific from China... air pollution and dust. They burn mostly coal
over
> > there, the soil is being turned into "desert-like" terrain by excessive
> > clearing of land, they produce 40,000,000 TONS of sulfur dioxide a year
and
> > other numerous pollutants on a scale that is hard to imagine... and it
all
> > blows over here, especially in the Spring.
> >      I live in a fairly pristine area but I have always wondered why the
sky
> > sometimes has this high altitude scrim to it... sometimes white,
sometimes a
> > pale yellow... now I know what it is.
> >     Since almost everything in the world is now being made in China, I
have
> > decided that all I can do as an individual is stop buying anything that
is
> > made there... at least until they cut back on their pollution, which is
not
> > going to happen any time soon.
> >
> >      Tony
> >
>
>
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