[fred53]

Originally Posted by Shimpy

I throw mine in that trash can at the mailboxes. I could take it home and throw it in my trash can but it all ends up at the same place anyway.

but if you think it ends up in the same place you are incorrect. The recycles at home are picked up by a different truck than the garbage. It goes to a recycle center in lieu of a land fill.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

Why not put one recycle can and one can for tissues and gum wrappers? Seems like an easy fix.

Whoaaa! That is far to sensible.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

Why not put one recycle can and one can for tissues and gum wrappers? Seems like an easy fix.

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Whoaaa! That is far to sensible.

But, where will the training classes be held??

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

But, where will the training classes be held??

The venue has yet to be arranged, but class is after the very informative lecture 'How to find and work your car direction indicator'

[Hancle704]

Some folks just don't care or, are unable to read. Case in point, signs posted to not leave old telephone books at mail stops, they are to be put our for recycling. What happens some just leave their old books next to the signs. The Lions Club picks up aluminum cans from specially marked barrels at mail stops. What happens, a few folks leave their old beer bottles there instead of leaving them in driveway for recycling trucks.

[NYGUY]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I think recycling is a scam. I don't believe that most of what people try to recycle actually gets recycled....

Yah, just like global warming the Holocaust and the Sandy Hook massacre never happened....you must be on to something..

[shumbapie]

Originally Posted by NYGUY

Yah, just like global warming the Holocaust and the Sandy Hook massacre never happened....you must be on to something..

Man caused global warning is an unproven theory. The earth has warmed and cooled since the beginning of time, way before being occupied by human beings. If it's getting warmer or colder there could be a myriad of factors causing it. I know you did not specify that it was man caused global warming but if that is your implication, let's be clear, it's just a theory.

[stan the man]

Originally Posted by NYGUY

Yah, just like global warming the Holocaust and the Sandy Hook massacre never happened....you must be on to something..

Ride on NYGUY

[tuccillo]

This is definitely off topic but does deserve a response. Anthropogenic global warming is more than a theory. The real question, in my opinion, is how much of a perturbation on the longer term climatic trends has it caused and will it non-linearly send us into a regime that would not have existed otherwise. As such, it remains an area of active research. To deny that there is an impact goes against well established science.

Full disclosure: undergraduate and graduate degrees in Atmospheric Science and developer of numerical atmospheric models for NASA and the National Weather Service.

Originally Posted by shumbapie

Man caused global warning is an unproven theory. The earth has warmed and cooled since the beginning of time, way before being occupied by human beings. If it's getting warmer or colder there could be a myriad of factors causing it. I know you did not specify that it was man caused global warming but if that is your implication, let's be clear, it's just a theory.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

This is definitely off topic but does deserve a response. Anthropogenic global warming is more than a theory. The real question, in my opinion, is how much of a perturbation on the longer term climatic trends has it caused and will it non-linearly send us into a regime that would not have existed otherwise. As such, it remains an area of active research. To deny that there is an impact goes against well established science.

Full disclosure: undergraduate and graduate degrees in Atmospheric Science and developer of numerical atmospheric models for NASA and the National Weather Service.

Good post.

[ldj1938]

I tried to bring this up before with little support. Even tried to work with the district office to put recycling cans at the post office. Who's going to collect them was the answer. I have tried to tell people that they can use a paper bag for their newspapers and junk mail for recycling and that you don't need a special bag. You just can't fix some things. Depends on your upbringing I guess. Consideration for others, and the environment, blah, blah, blah.....

[shumbapie]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

This is definitely off topic but does deserve a response. Anthropogenic global warming is more than a theory. The real question, in my opinion, is how much of a perturbation on the longer term climatic trends has it caused and will it non-linearly send us into a regime that would not have existed otherwise. As such, it remains an area of active research. To deny that there is an impact goes against well established science.

Full disclosure: undergraduate and graduate degrees in Atmospheric Science and developer of numerical atmospheric models for NASA and the National Weather Service.

I agree with you (BTW, nice pedigree). My point is that some people assume that man caused global warming is a fact (the term "settled science" is used a lot). Man may or may not have an impact. I'm just saying it has not been proven, therefore, it is still a theory "that it is caused by man".

[Fredman]

It is fact that global warming is caused by snowbirds,just like all the other problems

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

The venue has yet to be arranged, but class is after the very informative lecture 'How to find and work your car direction indicator'

Our cars are from Michigan, and they don't have one.

[tuccillo]

The only thing that is open to debate is the magnitude of the impact. To say that the increase in CO2 has had no impact is simply not correct. The physics are well understood. Think of it this way: there are longer term climatic trends (some are caused by changes in the earth's orbit). Increases in CO2 will cause a perturbations on those trends. The magnitude is what is open for debate. I personally don't buy into the doomsday scenarios but the increases in CO2 do have an impact.

Originally Posted by shumbapie

I agree with you (BTW, nice pedigree). My point is that some people assume that man caused global warming is a fact (the term "settled science" is used a lot). Man may or may not have an impact. I'm just saying it has not been proven, therefore, it is still a theory "that it is caused by man".