Comments on: water greed http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/ life. beauty. truth. generosity Mon, 21 May 2012 16:41:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: A.B. Dada http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/comment-page-1/#comment-33712 A.B. Dada Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:02:26 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/#comment-33712 <i>Great article A.B.! What a kick… Maybe I’ll just stay home today and take a long nap and try not to breath too much… or go to the bathroom. : )</i> Haha, Mike. My wife is a bit of a libertarian-greenie, so when she's home, I flush twice. Great article A.B.! What a kick… Maybe I’ll just stay home today and take a long nap and try not to breath too much… or go to the bathroom. : )

Haha, Mike. My wife is a bit of a libertarian-greenie, so when she’s home, I flush twice.

]]> By: mike h http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/comment-page-1/#comment-33711 mike h Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:48:32 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/#comment-33711 Great article A.B.! What a kick... Maybe I'll just stay home today and take a long nap and try not to breath too much... or go to the bathroom. : ) Great article A.B.! What a kick… Maybe I’ll just stay home today and take a long nap and try not to breath too much… or go to the bathroom. : )

]]> By: A.B. Dada http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/comment-page-1/#comment-33602 A.B. Dada Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:41:42 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/#comment-33602 Oh, FWIW, I hate low-flow toilets, too. In previous houses, I always "broke the law" and bought a high-flow toilet. In Illinois, we have an excellent black market for illegal products for the home, refurbished to work better than new. If there truly was a water shortage, the price would go up significantly, and people would only then make decisions to try to save money by restricting the use of the undersupplied product. Why do recycled goods cost more? Because more energy is wasted making them -- giving us an environmental loss, not a gain. Anyone read how walking is worse for the environment than driving? Or that taking the train is also worse? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2195538.ece Oh, FWIW, I hate low-flow toilets, too. In previous houses, I always “broke the law” and bought a high-flow toilet. In Illinois, we have an excellent black market for illegal products for the home, refurbished to work better than new. If there truly was a water shortage, the price would go up significantly, and people would only then make decisions to try to save money by restricting the use of the undersupplied product. Why do recycled goods cost more? Because more energy is wasted making them — giving us an environmental loss, not a gain.

Anyone read how walking is worse for the environment than driving? Or that taking the train is also worse?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2195538.ece

]]> By: A.B. Dada http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/comment-page-1/#comment-33601 A.B. Dada Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:38:48 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/#comment-33601 <i>Some good points, Dada. Why is it that when we look at problems in the world our knee-jerk reaction is now to assume that it is America’s fault?</i> It doesn't surprise me because even "we" (as a very large group of individuals) tend to forget WHY so many countries have these problems. It isn't a lack of desire for the individuals to better their lives, but often a lack of opportunity. That lack of opportunity comes from the lack of freedom -- inherent rights granted to every human by God the Creator. One of the reasons I take on such an anti-State stance is because I have witnessed, first-hand, provinces around the world that bloomed when the State backed off -- without the arms of the Church wrapping around the people who freed themselves from tyranny. Shanghai amazes me, as does Dubai -- two provinces with little effect by the Church as a whole. I see Christ's teachings as promoting the ability of the individual to provide for themselves (using God's gifts of talents) in the face of massive oppression or opposition. Some good points, Dada. Why is it that when we look at problems in the world our knee-jerk reaction is now to assume that it is America’s fault?

It doesn’t surprise me because even “we” (as a very large group of individuals) tend to forget WHY so many countries have these problems. It isn’t a lack of desire for the individuals to better their lives, but often a lack of opportunity. That lack of opportunity comes from the lack of freedom — inherent rights granted to every human by God the Creator.

One of the reasons I take on such an anti-State stance is because I have witnessed, first-hand, provinces around the world that bloomed when the State backed off — without the arms of the Church wrapping around the people who freed themselves from tyranny. Shanghai amazes me, as does Dubai — two provinces with little effect by the Church as a whole. I see Christ’s teachings as promoting the ability of the individual to provide for themselves (using God’s gifts of talents) in the face of massive oppression or opposition.

]]> By: rags http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/comment-page-1/#comment-33599 rags Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:48:56 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/06/water-greed/#comment-33599 Some good points, Dada. Why is it that when we look at problems in the world our knee-jerk reaction is now to assume that it is America's fault? Some good points, Dada. Why is it that when we look at problems in the world our knee-jerk reaction is now to assume that it is America’s fault?

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