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[BigHornRam]

Most residential recycling is a joke (for the reasons stated above) -- a "feel good" salve for those who want to feel like they are doing something without actually doing something.

Car battery recycling is not a joke IMO.

6 Reasons to Recycle a Car Battery

There are numerous reasons to recycle a car battery. If you think recycling your car's battery is pointless, here are six reasons to change your mind.

knowhow.napaonline.com

 

[Deleted member 28227]

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Would the Detroit/Cuban car, running at 9 mpg since 1956 really have a lower carbon footprint than @geetar's Camary, that presumable has a high mpg rating and emission controls? Kind of like the decision to replace an older freezer with a new one with a much higher energy efficiency. Whis is better for the planet?

Camary versus 1940s vehicle head to head ... no

But it’s about the fact that most Americans have there cars for 7 years ( the average has been climbing recently)

So the comparison is really, what’s better all in, the original carbon impact to build + maintain + fuel a 1940s car from 1940 to today or build +maintain+ fuel 12 Toyota camarys ie buying a new car every 7 years.

Doesn't matter how green a car is we still treat them as a consumable good.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Car battery recycling is not a joke IMO.

6 Reasons to Recycle a Car Battery

There are numerous reasons to recycle a car battery. If you think recycling your car's battery is pointless, here are six reasons to change your mind.

knowhow.napaonline.com

I was referring to the residential curbside bin collection, not intending to address specialty programs such as tires, oil, batteries, computer/electronics parts, etc.

 

[BigHornRam]

I was referring to the residential curbside bin collection, not intending to address specialty programs such as tires, oil, batteries, computer/electronics parts, etc.

Curbside recycling is convenient, but expensive, and not very practical.

 

[BigHornRam]

Another green energy scam, or green energy break through?

Lancaster, California Will Be Home To World's Largest Renewable Hydrogen Plant - Maybe - CleanTechnica

Lancaster, California has entered into a partnership with SGH2 Energy for a plasma furnace that will convert the city's recyclable trash into green hydrogen. Is the project real? We'll know in about a year.

cleantechnica.com

 

[MTelkHuntress]

Apparently YouTube removed the film....makes me question what YouTube will and will not remove now.

 

[okie archer]

Apparently YouTube removed the film....makes me question what YouTube will and will not remove now.

The same with facebook. They will remove what doesn't fit their agenda if they want.

 

[BigHornRam]

Big Bird and Big Hydro taking advantage of Canadian indigenous people in their thirst for profits and cheap renewable energy. Case study on why renewable energy mandates are a bad idea.

US demand for clean energy destroying Canada's environment, indigenous peoples say

Push is inadvertently causing long-term environmental damage to the traditional hunting grounds on Inuit public lands

www.theguardian.com

 

[BigHornRam]

Good article on biomass use, and the debate over using it in California.

In California, A Push Grows to Turn Dead Trees into Biomass Energy

Jonathan Kusel owns three pickups and a 45-foot truck for hauling woodchip bins. He operates a woodchip yard and a 35-kilowatt biomass plant that burns dead trees, and he runs a crew marking trees for loggers working in national forests. Those are a lot of blue-collar credentials for a...

www.adventure-journal.com