Comments for Greenblade http://greenblade.org people of faith engaging creation and justice Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:18:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Bittman: (All?) meat is bad for you by Andrew http://greenblade.org/2012/03/17/bittman-all-meat-is-bad-for-you/#comment-487 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:18:25 +0000 http://greenblade.org/?p=1227#comment-487 Perhaps, but presumably the economies of scale would still mean that industrial meat would be more “efficient” and thus cheaper than so-called happy meat.

]]> Comment on Bittman: (All?) meat is bad for you by Stephanie http://greenblade.org/2012/03/17/bittman-all-meat-is-bad-for-you/#comment-486 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:02:24 +0000 http://greenblade.org/?p=1227#comment-486 The thing is, though, that if the US government stopped subsidizing the animal industry, the cost of this industrialized meat would be substantially more and people would by necessity be eating less of it. Those subsidies could go to fruit and vegetable farmers. Factory farmers would have to figure out a different way to do business and then less kids from poor families would be subjugated to poor quality meat and dairy, through school feeding programs, setting them up for a lifetime of illness.

]]> Comment on To Taste: Building 20 by Susan Dixon http://greenblade.org/2012/01/29/to-taste-building-20/#comment-474 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:16:22 +0000 http://greenblade.org/2012/01/29/to-taste-building-20/#comment-474 OK, let’s start planning. It can happen.

]]> Comment on To Taste: Building 20 by Leigh http://greenblade.org/2012/01/29/to-taste-building-20/#comment-473 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:18:27 +0000 http://greenblade.org/2012/01/29/to-taste-building-20/#comment-473 It sure would be great to see who’s out there and get some cross-pollination going. I’d love to see some busy farmers, chefs, or whoever talk about what helps them recharge… .

]]> Comment on To Taste: Building 20 by Susan Dixon http://greenblade.org/2012/01/29/to-taste-building-20/#comment-472 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:40:44 +0000 http://greenblade.org/2012/01/29/to-taste-building-20/#comment-472 Thank you for this, Leigh. This is so interesting. I looked up the article and just the abstract is interesting, although you did a good job with your highlights. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer

So how do we apply that to Greenblade? Do we need to hold a creativity conference using these principles? I wonder what would happen …

]]> Comment on On just eating: The US — Energy independent in 20 years? by Elizabeth Shedd http://greenblade.org/2012/01/18/on-just-eating-the-us-energy-independent-in-20-years/#comment-466 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:26:25 +0000 http://greenblade.org/?p=1057#comment-466 No, I don’t think I could celebrate jobs, and taxes, and energy independence when I know that the jobs are temporary, the tax revenue short-lived and the estimate of reserves that would lead to energy independence grossly overestimated by the industry – all in exchange for intentionally releasing carcinogens into the environment. But the issue of whether or not the glass is half full is different from whether or not it’s inevitable. That word, inevitable, makes me squirm in this circumstance, since it’s usually used when people have admitted defeat before they’ve gotten started fighting. As Sandra Steingraber said when she announced that she was giving her entire Heinz Award to the fracking fight, there’s no more important battle to be fought right now than this one; while we’re not all called to give speeches or march in the streets, neither are we called to enable the people who put their profit in front of the health and safety of people (not to mention in front of the care of God’s earth.)

If drilling were inevitable, drilling-related funds would have been allocated in New York State’s budget, but last week when the budget was released, the funds weren’t there. In that it seems we’ve won an important battle, and in the meantime there are more and more stories in the news that make drilling, finally, politically unintelligent: drilling was named to be the cause of earthquakes in Ohio, the EPA decided to deliver water to a community in Pennsylvania whose water was polluted, though the company swore (“we *swear*!”) it was fine to drink. And Bulgaria where unemployment is around 12%, banned shale gas drilling, as did Northern Ireland. So yes, drilling is happening in other states. And the 99% aren’t nearly as well funded and organized as the 1%. And they have more political connections, blah, blah blah. But – not to be obtuse – so what? I’d rather focus on this: “HyperSolar’s Green Gas Makes Fracking Obsolete.”
http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/17/hypersolars-green-gas-makes-fracking-obsolete/

]]> Comment on On just eating: The US — Energy independent in 20 years? by Andrew http://greenblade.org/2012/01/18/on-just-eating-the-us-energy-independent-in-20-years/#comment-464 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:55:31 +0000 http://greenblade.org/?p=1057#comment-464 I agree with you that on balance it probably shouldn’t happen, but I’ve never said that I think it won’t happen (I think). It seems inevitable — indeed, it’s already happening in many states — so I’m just suggesting that we set realistic rather than idealistic goals and push for strong regulations and lots of tax returns to local communities.

And if turns out that some good comes of it (jobs, taxes, energy independence) then we can celebrate those as well. (Can’t we?)

]]> Comment on On just eating: The US — Energy independent in 20 years? by Elizabeth Shedd http://greenblade.org/2012/01/18/on-just-eating-the-us-energy-independent-in-20-years/#comment-463 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:50:53 +0000 http://greenblade.org/?p=1057#comment-463 Andrew, a few months ago you were patting me on the back for having convinced you it shouldn’t happen. As far as I know, you’re not involved in the fight against fracking in a public way; if that’s true, what’s stopping you from, say, joining one of the committees that make State Senate visits? We could certainly use an eloquent, young and influential person like yourself, and I can put you in touch with the person who makes visits just like that.

]]> Comment on On just eating: The US — Energy independent in 20 years? by Susan Dixon http://greenblade.org/2012/01/18/on-just-eating-the-us-energy-independent-in-20-years/#comment-462 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:55:27 +0000 http://greenblade.org/?p=1057#comment-462 “BP forecasts….”

Enough said.

]]> Comment on On just eating: What’s on in Michigan… (why isn’t it on in Ithaca?) by Andrew http://greenblade.org/2012/01/03/on-just-eating-whats-on-in-michigan-why-isnt-it-on-in-ithaca/#comment-454 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:43:14 +0000 http://greenblade.org/?p=1052#comment-454 My omission. And, yes, love the photo with Brother West.

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