Author Topic: Have a Green Fourth! (Read 7183 times)

Ben · « **on:** July 01, 2011, 06:24:00 PM »

I'm wanting to come up with whatever the opposite is of what this jackass wants me to do. I have the day off today and already grilled up bacon this morning for me and the dog, and steaks for lunch. I have three more days of food related global warming activities to come up with. Red meat is on the menu at least once every day though :)

Also, forsake the potato salad? He'd better not say that around my 83 year old German mom. She'll end him.

On a more serious note, can these guys please leave me alone about the whole "barbecuing is bad for the environment" thing at least on the holidays? They just don't know when to quit with the nagging. Debbie Downers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/opinion/30palmer.html?_r=4

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #1 on:** July 01, 2011, 06:48:26 PM »

I was prompted to log in to read the article. I'm not a member of the NY Times site.

Ben · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2011, 07:03:39 PM »

Weird. I'm not registered either, but I went right to it. I got there via Michelle Malkin's site. I'll post that link and see if it lets you in thataway without registering.

http://michellemalkin.com/2011/07/01/4th-of-july/

wmenorr67 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2011, 07:42:13 PM »

But pre-historic man cooked with fire.

stevelyn · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2011, 07:58:03 PM »

The author and the NYT can KMA. I'm burning piles of wooden pallets. Grilling dead animals and burning lostsa gounpowder and low explosives.

They can feel free to come up and do something about it.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:00:45 PM »

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FOOD is responsible for 10 to 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Oh, for crying out loud. What would this idiot have us do? Starve to save the planet?

I don't like grilling, but I'll do some this weekend just to tick off an environmentalist.

Ben · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:01:44 PM »

One of my favorite reader comments regarding the author's assault on red meat was, "Don't blame me -- I'm eating the cows as fast as I can!"

Jim147 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:18:14 PM »

Just sat down to my grilled cow. This story goes with it almost perfect.

I'll keep doing my part.

jim

sanglant · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:46:55 PM »

and now i know why my new barber laughed when i said "you need to grill something, and blow something up" when he said he wasn't doing anything that day.

Tallpine · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2011, 09:30:15 PM »

I think I might fire off some "green" rifle rounds to celebrate the Fourth

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:24:50 PM »

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Charcoal briquettes, however, are a different story. The compressed round briquettes are made from scrap wood that would otherwise go to waste. The better manufacturers build their plants near construction centers and use recycled heat from those centers to power their briquette kilns.

Can anyone tell me what "construction centers" he's talking about, and how they recycle heat?

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:33:50 PM »

Quote from: The artist formerly known as fistful on July 01, 2011, 10:24:50 PM

Can anyone tell me what "construction centers" he's talking about, and how they recycle heat?

My trash goes in the black bin, my plastic/metal/paper goes in the blue bin, and my used-up-heat goes in the red bin.

They my used heat to the heat recycling gnomes, and they use it in construction centers.

Why aren't you recycling your heat, Fistful? Why do you hate Erf?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2011, 12:42:03 AM »

At least I don't sort my segregate my refuse, you trash-racist.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2011, 10:11:05 AM »

Quote from: The artist formerly known as fistful on July 01, 2011, 10:24:50 PM

Can anyone tell me what "construction centers" he's talking about, and how they recycle heat?

http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=6870

They co-locate plants and use the captured heat that powers one plant to produce whatever they need it to at the secondary plant.

sanglant · « **Reply #14 on:** July 02, 2011, 10:35:38 AM »

at lake norman they've put in a what looks like a big heat exchanger.

think they are adding/have added a new turbine/s across the lake/inlet. odd, can't find a current pic. and it's not showing up on google maps. i'm done looking for that.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2011, 10:40:50 AM »

Quote from: JamisJockey on July 02, 2011, 10:11:05 AM

http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=6870
They co-locate plants and use the captured heat that powers one plant to produce whatever they need it to at the secondary plant.

Cool, thanks.

230RN · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2011, 05:07:38 PM »

I don't eat grilled cow meat. Ick. I eat charred, segmented musculature of bovine.

RocketMan · « **Reply #17 on:** July 02, 2011, 05:16:49 PM »

Quote from: Monkeyleg on July 01, 2011, 08:00:45 PM

Oh, for crying out loud. What would this idiot have us do? Starve to save the planet?

That would suit many of the radical enviroweenies. Seriously.

TechMan · « **Reply #18 on:** July 02, 2011, 05:28:23 PM »

Quote from: 230RN on July 02, 2011, 05:07:38 PM

I don't eat grilled cow meat. Ick. I eat charred, segmented musculature of bovine.

230RN, you're getting PC about grilling, that is sad.

Quote from: RocketMan on July 02, 2011, 05:16:49 PM

That would suit many of the radical enviroweenies. Seriously.

I say let them prove their point first. If they do that and succeed, then I might (not in a *expletive deleted*ing million years) consider following their example.

Fly320s · « **Reply #19 on:** July 02, 2011, 07:28:08 PM »

Quote from: RocketMan on July 02, 2011, 05:16:49 PM

That would suit many of the radical enviroweenies. Seriously.

Tell them to lead by example.

birdman · « **Reply #20 on:** July 02, 2011, 08:03:23 PM »

My anti-green 4th weekend:
Day 1: ride 200hp motorcycle at supralegal speeds to go grilling (propane, not my house), cow, pork, and chicken with engineers, scientists, navy loadmaster, and green beret's, current and past.
Day 2: relax with GF in 66deg a/c, load some ammo, clean weapons, and see transformers
Day 3: observe fireworks from balcony at work, less than 100m from the USMC war memorial.

coppertales · « **Reply #21 on:** July 02, 2011, 08:33:38 PM »

That does it. I am going to smoke a large fatty brisket Monday. It will take about 10 hours of burning charcoal and mesquite wood....chris3

French G. · « **Reply #22 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:58:57 PM »

No Green 4th for me, I only have red tracers to launch out over the 'hood. The commies can pretend it's their kind of red if they like.

sanglant · « **Reply #23 on:** July 02, 2011, 10:15:08 PM »

wish i could say the 6 hour drive, round trip on the 5th was because of this. but that's for something more important.

so i'll just have to make the trip in 3rd gear.

zxcvbob · « **Reply #24 on:** July 02, 2011, 10:26:22 PM »

I was planning to burn a tire Monday, but maybe I should splurge and throw on an old truck battery too.

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Author Topic: Have a Green Fourth! (Read 7183 times)