Re: The War We Refuse To Win

From: Leonard Robinson (lrobinson54_at_insightbb.com)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 19:11:15 GMT

"Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:RPevc.1987$rz4.1378@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
> TDP is a better process for several reasons:
> 1 the materials already in use are recycled when they become 'waste'
> (this includes ag waste, sewage, plastic, paper, rubber [tyres included -
> America throws away about 290 million tyres per year], food scraps etc)
>
> 2 the minerals can be recycled - if the feedstock is sewage, food
scraps,
> ag waste or paper, the minerals can go straight back into the ground as
> fertilizer for the next crop
>
> 3 by using materials already in use (waste/scrap etc), less
> air/water/ground pollution results compared to using a fossile fuel.
>
> 4 by using these materials over and over again, the reliance on the
> Middle East can be broken. Think how much 4.2 billion barrels of
_imported_
> oil costs the U.S. each year.
>
>
> --
> Alan Erskine
> We can get people to the Moon in five years,
> not the fifteen GWB proposes.
> Give NASA a real challenge
> Alanterskine1@bigpond.com
>
These proposals, Alan, can be routed by the Government through Environmental
Protection Administration grants. Besides creating a profit for private
industry (which can be taxed), it serves to purify the American environment,
thus having an overall beneficial effect. Also -- when the Arabs see what is
going on, they will be petrified in not having America or Europe over the
proverbial barrel. Thus, both major parties should join forces in active
promotion of TDP.
 --
Leonard C Robinson
"The Historian Remembers, and speculates on what might have been.
"The Visionary Remembers, and speculates on what may yet be."