Do you like to recycle?

[Nik]

Yes. Because simply throwing it in a hole and covering it with dirt just makes it go away. Have any of you spewing this stuff ever been to a county landfill? The infrastructure, maintenance, and environmental impact have to be addressed. Fuzzy numbers like that are why I take most "facts" with a landfill sized grain of salt.

That's covered in the video.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

That's covered in the video.

Why don't you just marry the video.

 

[Nik]

Its disgusting. All that shit gets through the liner and into the water table. But hey it has dirt on it its cool.

You didn't watch the vid and this proves it.

 

[darkswordsman17]

You can't watch a 30 minute video in 13 minutes.

You can if you skip all the regurgitating that Penn and Teller do (and I like their show, but they restate shit multiple times which makes what would be a 15 minutes how a 30 minute one).

I guess you're on a crusade against recycling, but I can't help but feel there's much better targets for your fervor. Its one thing to point out when its being taken too far, but acting like its worse absolutely is pretty shortsighted. Do they take into account technology? We're working on making it so we can have bacteria eat our [literal] shit and turn it into fuel. With more time and better technology, I can't help but imagine that recycling will only get better.

That's covered, too. A 35 mile square 200 feet high would hold a thousand years of garbage.

Fair enough, but at some point we're going to have to look into exploring other planets, and recycling will almost absolutely need to play a role in that.

Something else that recycling does is forces you to look at what you're throwing away, which hopefully can help us stop dumping shit that should be properly disposed of.

 

[Capt Caveman]

You didn't watch the vid and this proves it.

Do you believe everything you watch?

 

[Nik]

There's more than 13 minutes of expert testimony, so I still don't buy that he watched it.

 

[Nik]

Do you believe everything you watch?

Nope.

 

[Capt Caveman]

There's more than 13 minutes of expert testimony, so I still don't buy that he watched it.

I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...

 

[Nik]

I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...

No thanks, I'm more interested in beach front property in arizona. My broker has this SWEET deal in the works.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I like how Penn and Teller weren't able to address the issue of finite amount of oil and how plastic doesn't decompose in a landfill like paper and food products do.. That methane they get from the landfill is from decomposition, something plastics don't do..

Whoa! What the fuck?!? A fleabag contribution that I agree with? Not only that, but its not even really antagonizing.

 

[nageov3t]

That's covered.

watched the video.

it did not cover the fact that I can be fined for not recycling in my city/state.

 

[Nik]

watched the video.

it did not cover the fact that I can be fined for not recycling in my city/state.

Irrelevant.

 

[nageov3t]

Irrelevant.

how is it irrelevant?

it's not a matter of liking to recycle or not, it's a matter of having to.

 

[Nik]

how is it irrelevant?

it's not a matter of liking to recycle or not, it's a matter of having to.

I didn't post this to start a fucking revolution.

 

[Oceandevi]

There's more than 13 minutes of expert testimony, so I still don't buy that he watched it.

I am an expert you have to believe me!!

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[lifeobry]

Alright this thread has gone far enough.

I just got one question for you OP.

Did you like Avatar? :awe:

 

[Nik]

I am an expert you have to believe me!!

http://zoidberg.fpool.com/images/ShB_zoidberg_001[1].jpg

Troll troll troll your boat

 

[Nik]

Alright this thread has gone far enough.

I just got one question for you OP.

Did you like Avatar? :awe:

Ya, saw it twice (though James Cameron is a thieving butthead)

 

[irsei]

In japan, we have to recycle everything separately. We separate pet fromother plastics, and different metals from each other and paper from wax paper, and batteries and glass.

Each kind of stuff goes to existing plants that use partial recycled content in manufacture.
We can even make money off the glass, cans and scrap metal from the factories.

Usually, each individual neighborhood handles it's own separation and uses the profits to pay for making sure everything is cleaned and ready to go.
I'm not sure how much of it actually get recYcled though.
I think that most of the pet bottles go to china on ships that are returning to the mainland.
I think the biggest problem with recycling is just that our system is not efficient enough yet.
I'd like to see the figures on recycling in japan, I wonder if it's any better.

 

[lifeobry]

Ya, saw it twice (though James Cameron is a thieving butthead)

Ah ok.

Recycling is dumb :hmm: Get rid of it! :thumbsdown:

 

[syrillus]

Throwing up a bunch of Libertarian "experts" to support their side of the argument, while interviewing random people on the street and local municipal recyclers to support the opposition...that's some "Fair and Balanced" reporting right there!

I only made it about half way through the video, when I realized (through google) that every one of their experts was a libertarian, who, shockingly, opposes a government-funded project! gasp!

 

[Nik]

Throwing up a bunch of Libertarian "experts" to support their side of the argument, while interviewing random people on the street and local municipal recyclers to support the opposition...that's some "Fair and Balanced" reporting right there!

I only made it about half way through the video, when I realized (through google) that every one of their experts was a libertarian, who, shockingly, opposes a government-funded project! gasp!

I'm libertarian and I don't oppose all government-funded projects. Way to generalize, though. Good job duder.

 

[xavier es]

yes , i like to recycle. I also like to compost.
recycling and composting greatly reduced the amount of trash i have so much i cancelled my garbage pickup.

 

[syrillus]

Also, 8 BILLION DOLLARS!!!

 

[Nik]

Also, 8 BILLION DOLLARS!!!

That's money that could be going to schools to avoid graduating illiterate fuckheads.