On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a start: (Don't mind the site name. *rolls eyes*) > > > > > http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/cell-phones-changing-the-world-for-good-and-bad-and-how-we-can-use-them.php > > Sure, some data on one side of the argument, not both. Which I don't > expect you to find. > > Also - what is you prove that cell phones are more damaging them phone > books? Are you advocating the elimination of cell phones in favor of > phone books? > > My actual argument would be: > > 1) We should be recycling 100% of electronics, including phones, TVs, > computers, etc - and not collecting them at "recycling centers" and > sending them overseas to be melted down in poor countries for their > metals. Technology may not allow it all to be recycled cheaply today, > but putting it in a landfill is also a very short sighted solution. > Put these specialty items aside. My dad told me about the tour he took of the collection center my uncle was driving for over the weekend. Everything you throw in your trashbin is sorted and re-sorted, and re-sorted then crunched up and sold. Everything you throw out gets re-sold at least once out of the collection center. 2) We should also vastly reduce phone book supply to a level that > matches the demand. Of all the economic models that folks like or > don't like... If the phone book cost one dollar and purchasing it was > voluntary, it would instantly balance the demand and supply. The > government mandating that everyone must have a phone book is > ludicrous, outdated, and wasteful. > > -Cameron > > Also on this tip, for some reason I received 3, count them 3 phone books during a rain storm last week, and while they were in the plastic bags all 3 were wrecked; only to find 1 more delivered the next day. Way to go Verizon! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340023 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
