Comments on: Visiting the Dump http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28 The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:08:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Henriette Tosi http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=2#comment-16199 Henriette Tosi Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:22:05 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-16199 We folks in US are the biggest consumers after all.Just have a note of how many times you used your Credit card today We folks in US are the biggest consumers after all.Just have a note of how many times you used your Credit card today

]]> By: Alexa@HomeIdeaResource http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-13177 Alexa@HomeIdeaResource Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:20 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-13177 Wow, that's sad, so much trash that should not be trash! Wow, that’s sad, so much trash that should not be trash!

]]> By: Mikeikon http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-13058 Mikeikon Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:48:57 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-13058 "Using tax payer money to go around picking up and whisking away all this broken stuff is like a subsidy for companies that choose to make wasteful disposable junk. Enough already." THIS is the problem. The market would naturally regulate itself better if waste disposal was not socialized. The problem is that consumers cannot tell what is garbage and what isn't because they can't do a true cost-benefit analysis between recycling something, fixing it, or throwing it away. In other words, we don't know what's garbage anymore! Why don't you talk more about this instead of all the ways that you can use government to force people into doing things your way? “Using tax payer money to go around picking up and whisking away all this broken stuff is like a subsidy for companies that choose to make wasteful disposable junk. Enough already.”

THIS is the problem. The market would naturally regulate itself better if waste disposal was not socialized. The problem is that consumers cannot tell what is garbage and what isn’t because they can’t do a true cost-benefit analysis between recycling something, fixing it, or throwing it away. In other words, we don’t know what’s garbage anymore!

Why don’t you talk more about this instead of all the ways that you can use government to force people into doing things your way?

]]> By: Charles http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-12984 Charles Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:10:04 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12984 It IS an eye-opener to visit your local landfill and see first hand how careless and wasteful our society has become. What is sad is to see the unending cycle of waste that retail corporations have forced upon our lives. I think part of the problem is that parents mean well but are just so busy that they don't have the time to teach their children about eco issues. This is why The Story Of Stuff and other similar programming is such a valuable contribution for young viewers. One thing that I have noticed about the numerous pro-Glen Borg comments is that they all appear to have been written by the same hand. Anyone else notice the similar spelling errors and sentence structure that is consistent across all those posts? It IS an eye-opener to visit your local landfill and see first hand how careless and wasteful our society has become. What is sad is to see the unending cycle of waste that retail corporations have forced upon our lives. I think part of the problem is that parents mean well but are just so busy that they don’t have the time to teach their children about eco issues. This is why The Story Of Stuff and other similar programming is such a valuable contribution for young viewers.

One thing that I have noticed about the numerous pro-Glen Borg comments is that they all appear to have been written by the same hand. Anyone else notice the similar spelling errors and sentence structure that is consistent across all those posts?

]]> By: keigen kammerling http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-12774 keigen kammerling Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:01:05 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12774 you are all fucking liberal facist jackasses what the hell is wrong with you i dont give a damn bout other countries except for israel what the hell i am going to kill all of you liberal idiots you are all fucking liberal facist jackasses what the hell is wrong with you i dont give a damn bout other countries except for israel what the hell i am going to kill all of you liberal idiots

]]> By: Tom http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-12762 Tom Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:28:06 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12762 This polemic would be informative if it weren't for the Marxist crapola underlying it. I hate to tell you, but many decades ago, we in Wisconsin called it "conservation." Your common sense ideas are so old, they're new. It's too bad the message is ruined by mixing it with new religion based on lies. Hmm, the same idiots in the 70's told me we would be under 300 feet of ice by now. Funny how fear is used by people who have no useful talents. They can't get power any other way. Question everything and everyone, especially professors who couldn't make a dime in the free market. This polemic would be informative if it weren’t for the Marxist crapola underlying it. I hate to tell you, but many decades ago, we in Wisconsin called it “conservation.” Your common sense ideas are so old, they’re new. It’s too bad the message is ruined by mixing it with new religion based on lies. Hmm, the same idiots in the 70’s told me we would be under 300 feet of ice by now. Funny how fear is used by people who have no useful talents. They can’t get power any other way. Question everything and everyone, especially professors who couldn’t make a dime in the free market.

]]> By: Anthony Johnson http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-12722 Anthony Johnson Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:15:04 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12722 annie leonard... what a load of crap.. annie leonard… what a load of crap..

]]> By: katharine chrisley http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-12634 katharine chrisley Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:27:27 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12634 EPR is Brilliant!! EPR is Brilliant!!

]]> By: Red Baron http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-12631 Red Baron Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:57:26 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12631 I would agree with a lot of points in this movie, but I don't agree with the "Club of Rome's" Global Warming/Climate Change agenda that they wrote about and created documented in their book "The First Global Revolution." This was created to bring in new global tax and set forth a global government. It was created to blame the individual and not the corporations that pollute and destroy our environment. “The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome. The real enemy then, is humanity itself." - Club of Rome The First Global Revolution I would agree with a lot of points in this movie, but I don’t agree with the “Club of Rome’s” Global Warming/Climate Change agenda that they wrote about and created documented in their book “The First Global Revolution.” This was created to bring in new global tax and set forth a global government.
It was created to blame the individual and not the corporations that pollute and destroy our environment.

“The common enemy of humanity is man.
In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome.
The real enemy then, is humanity itself.”
- Club of Rome

The First Global Revolution

]]> By: Majid Mirza http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-12590 Majid Mirza Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:37:05 +0000 http://www.storyofstuff.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12590 True dat! Visiting recycling landfills and composting facilities is quite the experience. For anyone interested in environmental and social work going on in Pakistani landfills see: Trash to treasure http://goodfourlife.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/from-trash-to-treasure-an-interview-with-sohail-rana-of-lahore-compost/ School on a landfill http://goodfourlife.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/good-four-life-special-edition-kachra-kundi/ True dat! Visiting recycling landfills and composting facilities is quite the experience. For anyone interested in environmental and social work going on in Pakistani landfills see:

Trash to treasure

http://goodfourlife.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/from-trash-to-treasure-an-interview-with-sohail-rana-of-lahore-compost/

School on a landfill

http://goodfourlife.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/good-four-life-special-edition-kachra-kundi/

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