tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post4144695562958336797..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: The World's Most Evil ToyMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-34378038673170022262011-01-06T22:34:24.320-08:002011-01-06T22:34:24.320-08:00Am I the only one wondering:
If fireworks are seri...Am I the only one wondering:<br />If fireworks are seriously being blamed for several observations of large numbers of dead birds dropping out of the sky, why isn't anyone campaigning for some kind of 'fireworks control'?<br />(Also, mt, as a Texan who is by now quite knowledgeable about fireworks at eg 4th of July, can you remember reports of these kinds of bird kills on July 5 and 6?)Steve Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808202186253600821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-92065871133377069072011-01-06T14:08:38.573-08:002011-01-06T14:08:38.573-08:00Nice one!Nice one!Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-44582385344554721702011-01-06T13:59:16.613-08:002011-01-06T13:59:16.613-08:00Google Ngrams: the world's most flawed evil to...Google Ngrams: the world's most flawed evil toy? Still, here are its results for 'global warming' and 'climate change' in British English<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/248o57d<br /><br />and in American English<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/2cz4jmz<br /><br />Comments?<br /><br />(Thanks. I will. Those graphs might suggest that Americans are far more reluctant to be educated about climate hoo-ha than are Europeans. If so, this would be confirmation of a long-known phenomenon - in Europe, anyway - rather than anything new but perhaps its presentation in such a simple, graphic form might convince American journalists, campaigners, bloggers and expert witnesses that there's more to world opinion than the prattlings of their little stolen empire between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. I thenk you.)Vinny Burgoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830703358571312302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-22050101713649591112011-01-05T17:26:11.209-08:002011-01-05T17:26:11.209-08:00Sorry, posts from iPhone often are mangled. I'...Sorry, posts from iPhone often are mangled. I've never visited the Patch myself, but we have a friend (Roz Savage) who did, and it wasn't pretty.<br /><br /> I should have spelled out the real point that much stuff doesn't go into landfill, but elsewhere. At least, if these pellets were bigger, like the size of <a href="http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/22-flotsam_found.html" rel="nofollow">rubber ducks</a>, we'd get some science.John Masheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786354229618237133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-44244779677468706692011-01-05T12:27:18.401-08:002011-01-05T12:27:18.401-08:00The Garbage Pat[c?]h Downscaled (Again)<a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2011/jan/oceanic-%E2%80%9Cgarbage-patch%E2%80%9D-not-nearly-big-portrayed-media" rel="nofollow">The Garbage Pat[c?]h Downscaled (Again)</a>Vinny Burgoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830703358571312302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-85572634479524498512011-01-04T19:25:52.995-08:002011-01-04T19:25:52.995-08:00The Garbage Path.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" rel="nofollow">The Garbage Path</a>.John Masheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786354229618237133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-38097496436325199522011-01-04T16:34:34.249-08:002011-01-04T16:34:34.249-08:00Think how nice they'll look after your lovely ...Think how nice they'll look after your lovely child throws them in the local lake!Padraig Tomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483647257675174364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-45478271360871338142011-01-04T13:45:55.959-08:002011-01-04T13:45:55.959-08:00OK, fair enough.OK, fair enough.King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-84734350957490311542011-01-04T13:21:50.412-08:002011-01-04T13:21:50.412-08:00They are much tinier than Legos and much more like...They are much tinier than Legos and much more likely to be ingested by wildlife.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-40297933521421426442011-01-04T13:10:21.018-08:002011-01-04T13:10:21.018-08:00Are they worse than, for example Legos (no sarcasm...Are they worse than, for example Legos (no sarcasm intended)?King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-71168047356202023572011-01-04T12:43:50.121-08:002011-01-04T12:43:50.121-08:00The point is exactly that a good fraction won'...The point is exactly that a good fraction won't make it to the landfill. Tiny plastic bits in the environment are a major problem, but this is the first case I know of where somebody goes out of their way to deliver them.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-25503676839801217872011-01-04T12:35:48.400-08:002011-01-04T12:35:48.400-08:00To be fair, they represent the pellets as recycled...To be fair, they represent the pellets as recycled plastic. If that's true I imagine that, rather than pellets in the game they could have been sweaters or the "upholstery" in a Chevy Volt or something. But ultimately either of those (and any other item) will wind up in a landfill.<br /><br />Even if it's manufacturing waste (which could, I suppose, be characterized as recycled without subjecting the firm to false advertising claims) I don't see that delaying its trip to a Volt or the landfill is marginally harmful.<br /><br />If they aren't taking petroleum and manufacturing the pellets for this use then I'm not sure why it's more harmful than most consumer items made from plastic. I'm speculating from "tiny seed-sized that bird or small animal ingestion is the issue?<br /><br />Apologies if I'm missing something obvious here.King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-78301776570803968832011-01-04T12:32:03.150-08:002011-01-04T12:32:03.150-08:00Are you familiar with Hama beads?Are you familiar with Hama beads?Nick Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00057838251997644583noreply@blogger.com