So, let’s get into this great pollution debate on the right level.
Everyone is harping on the fact that Saskatchewan is still emitting too much carbon dioxide compared with our population. In fact, there was just another supposed research paper released yesterday that admonishes us for not having tens of thousands of wind turbines and hundreds of thousands of solar panels installed instead of our three coal mines.
Apparently, we don’t have to worry our pretty little heads about electrical base loads because experts have determined that if the sun doesn’t shine, at least the wind will blow and therefore if we got these hundreds of thousands of panels and turbines to function either in unison or separately, the universe would unfold as it should.
I still find it rather odd the “save the world” advocates aren’t focusing on biomass and geothermal as better sources of renewable power, but maybe, they have vested interests in the wind turbine blades or solar panel businesses.
At least with coal mining, we know we have an interest in the process and we have an interest in making it cleaner and there is proof we can.
So then I hear that we must divert our attention from panels and wind turbines and attack a much bigger problem than manufacturing cleaner electrical energy.
The baddest things on our planet this week dear diary, are dirty diapers. Dirty disposable diapers, to be more explicit.
You wanna talk about toxic emissions!
Those who have dealt with dirty disposables (either the baby or adult variety), will probably agree, we have a bigger toxic topic to deal with in North America than oil spills.
From start to finish, the diaper scare is bigger than CO2 scares.
What does it cost to build a disposable diaper? What materials and raw products are needed to manufacture a diaper? Forget about what is put into it later … I’m talking about making a fresh pack of whatever brand name disposable diaper you care to claim.
How long does it take for a disposable diaper (and its contents) to be made environmentally friendly? Is it days or months?
What is the cost to our landfills? The report I was listening to suggested that disposable diapers are on the top of the list in the landfill no-go maintenance file.
What are the costs?
If we didn’t use disposables, what would the cost be for water and soap and time to recycle natural cloth diapers, like great-grandma used to do, because great-grandma didn’t have a choice.
Where are our Lean senseis? They’ll be able to tell us the quotients and ratios connected to diaper washing versus diaper disposals and cost savings in labour versus cost to the environment in easy, understandable terms.
The cattle industry has done their homework on cow and steer poop emissions, so the bright lights must be able to come up with the answer to baby greetings.
The cattle guys and girls arrived at the conclusion that the cycle of life pretty well balances out if left alone. Cows don’t require diapers.
So why is there no crying out for nothing but cloth diapers from the environmentalists? Maybe it’s because some of them have babies?
You wanna talk about clean coal? I have to talk about clean diapers, they’re the bigger problem.
