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No Lifer
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You are also avoiding the question. Instead of India, perhaps picture an incredibly poor family in an incredibly poor country. By using more than 100 W YOU ALONE, for this question, are dooming the family, including two young kids, to no water so that they DIE!!!
Why is this even a question? Did India ask for this? I read Indian news a lot and I've never heard this before.
Anyways I think India needs some hardcore Republicans in power. Yea you heard me.
Theres so much affirmative action and special laws for different people in that country that you can never get anything done.
Anyways I think India needs some hardcore Republicans in power. Yea you heard me.
Theres so much affirmative action and special laws for different people in that country that you can never get anything done.
TastesLikeChicken
Lifer
- Sep 12, 2004
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My electricity use has nothing to do with poor people in India. I dont run the government of India. Even If I donated money it would not help. Most of it would probably be wasted by their corrupt government. This is an internal problem for India. Let Asia and Europe take care of India since they are the ones that helped to screw it up. We can not and should not try to tell other countries how to run their country. India has the ability to run its own affairs, it just chooses to ignore the poor. So we should ignore India. As long as India is not attacking us or their neighbors we should stay out of their business. The United States is not the Nanny for the entire world, and can not help people that dont want our help. Pouring money on the problem will not solve it. I work for what I have let the people in India work for what they want.
How does my electricity usage affect India?
Let them buy some solar panels.
Did you know there is a program in India for Farmers to use solar panels to pump water to their fields? Their government will subsidise this and help them. You would know this if you were not a brainwashed liberal.
How does my electricity usage affect India?
Let them buy some solar panels.
Did you know there is a program in India for Farmers to use solar panels to pump water to their fields? Their government will subsidise this and help them. You would know this if you were not a brainwashed liberal.
Here is an example of the kind of things my donated money is going to:
http://www.lds.org/library/pag...,6212-1-3216-1,00.html
The LDS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is actively working in Africa and India to bring Water to people. It is an ongoing project funded by chruch donations. I have found that funds donated by churches tend to be stretched farther than other funds or government backed organizations.
Our church is founded on a pricipal of a 10% tithe. Give one dollar in ten that you make to the church and also to fast one day every month and donate the money for one good meal to the church to help the poor.
I find this to be a worthy effort on my part to help the poor, the needy, and people who suffer from disasters around the world, that they can not really control. Many of the people that do this work volunteer their time and money some as missionaries just to help people because it is the right thing to do. I can not afford to go to India to Help, but I can afford to help someone else get there and do it for me.
What have you done for India?
Millions of people are tithing 10% of their income to church organizations that do a very good job at helping people. Maybe you could donate 10% of all you make to the Red Cross or other international organizations such as feed the children or Unicef.
Have you done any good in the world today?
If everyone donated 10% the world would have over-abundance of food everywhere.
http://www.lds.org/library/pag...,6212-1-3216-1,00.html
The LDS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is actively working in Africa and India to bring Water to people. It is an ongoing project funded by chruch donations. I have found that funds donated by churches tend to be stretched farther than other funds or government backed organizations.
Our church is founded on a pricipal of a 10% tithe. Give one dollar in ten that you make to the church and also to fast one day every month and donate the money for one good meal to the church to help the poor.
I find this to be a worthy effort on my part to help the poor, the needy, and people who suffer from disasters around the world, that they can not really control. Many of the people that do this work volunteer their time and money some as missionaries just to help people because it is the right thing to do. I can not afford to go to India to Help, but I can afford to help someone else get there and do it for me.
What have you done for India?
Millions of people are tithing 10% of their income to church organizations that do a very good job at helping people. Maybe you could donate 10% of all you make to the Red Cross or other international organizations such as feed the children or Unicef.
Have you done any good in the world today?
If everyone donated 10% the world would have over-abundance of food everywhere.
AnitaPeterson
Diamond Member
- Apr 24, 2001
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I have the same question...
Anyone could (and SHOULD) replace their 100W bulbs with low-consumption CFL devices - the savings are quite substantial:
http://www.greenischeap.com/wp...oads/2006/09/1bulb.gif
Check this link out as well:
http://www.fastcompany.com/mag...8/open_lightbulbs.html
But reducing the ENTIRE household consumption to 100W is utopian at best...
WhipperSnapper
Lifer
- Oct 30, 2004
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Wonder how many of you would have to go without your 100w allocation so I could continue running my quad core, 8800 SLI, 30" monitor beast. Oh and the fridge has to remain on or I'd be wasting food that starving Ethiopians would die for.
shortylickens
No Lifer
- Jul 15, 2003
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In response to thge original point:
There is no way I could survive ON a hundred watts. As for reducing my consumption by 100 watts, it would be difficult. I have all flourescent lights in my house (except fridge and oven).
Lowering consumption more could only be done by throwing out my CRT Television and hi-fi audio system and replacing each with lower powered alternatives. Both of which which would create a LOT of waste and end up hurting the environment even more.
I could dine out more which would save on the juice used in the microwave and stove, but again it would end up being more wasteful.
I already have plenty of blankets and use the heat very little. I turn off everything when I go to work. I turn off the computers when I know I wont be using them for a while. I just got an improved air, oil and fuel filter for my vehicle.
I dont wanna sound arrogant but I honestly think I am much more efficient than the average American.
I'm doing my part. Let India do theirs.
There is no way I could survive ON a hundred watts. As for reducing my consumption by 100 watts, it would be difficult. I have all flourescent lights in my house (except fridge and oven).
Lowering consumption more could only be done by throwing out my CRT Television and hi-fi audio system and replacing each with lower powered alternatives. Both of which which would create a LOT of waste and end up hurting the environment even more.
I could dine out more which would save on the juice used in the microwave and stove, but again it would end up being more wasteful.
I already have plenty of blankets and use the heat very little. I turn off everything when I go to work. I turn off the computers when I know I wont be using them for a while. I just got an improved air, oil and fuel filter for my vehicle.
I dont wanna sound arrogant but I honestly think I am much more efficient than the average American.
I'm doing my part. Let India do theirs.
Not really. they PUNISH you for having more kids. Abortion is a huge massive problem over there. People are aborting left and right like crazy, even at the potential detriment of the woman. Although it is illegal to state the sex of a child before its born, its one of those laws that is not followed very consistently ~ and coupled with an abortion policy of "no questions asked" it has created a very sick and immoral system due to the implied government support.
Of course it'll be too bad for the people when they really bear the "fruit" (if you want to call it that) that the country has a lopsided ratio, and that the "future" old people and currently aging men and women are going to get kicked to the curb in China when money is dictated to be God and they dont' have their own way of taking care of themselves beyond relying on a government pension/social security.
It maybe fine to encourage people to have less children - but there is a fine line between encouraging people to have less children, and to actually penalize those that do.
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As for electricity - at my place we've been trying to really (albeit somewhat successful at times, and miserable at others) reduce power usage. I think if I HAD too - I could within a limit. Getting super low power usage items for a computer would be the obvious. I use my computer more for just casual internet browsing so I'm not losing anything really by having a "worse" video card, or processor. But to run on 100W, that would be one "slim" pc...
as for other things...the main one that hits my mind is the refrigerator and I see no real way to avoid power draw unless I have to start buying slabs of ice. Other than that I really don't watch that much TV, I don't use the dishwasher, and our oven and dryer is gas but I really don't even use the oven.
JohnOfSheffield
Lifer
- Jun 26, 2007
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I have lived on less than that for months in Afghanistan but at home i wouldn't want to.
The thing is, they are a booming economy without any economic stability and a infrastructure that isn't worth even spending money on repairing.
I'm just waiting for a shitload of Hindus to join up with the LTTE and start some international terrorism instead of only doing it locally.
The thing is, they are a booming economy without any economic stability and a infrastructure that isn't worth even spending money on repairing.
I'm just waiting for a shitload of Hindus to join up with the LTTE and start some international terrorism instead of only doing it locally.
JohnOfSheffield
Lifer
- Jun 26, 2007
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These people need a dose of the Catholic Church, no abortions, no birth control and no sex, abstinence only education.
No STD's, no unwanted babies, perfection, just like in Africa.
shortylickens
No Lifer
- Jul 15, 2003
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JohnOfSheffield
Lifer
- Jun 26, 2007
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I thought he was being sarcastic too, he suggests that abortion is the underlying problem to their overpopulation............ *BADABOOOM... BIG BADABOOM* went my sarcasm meter then.
I hope it didn't hurt you.
JohnOfSheffield
Lifer
- Jun 26, 2007
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naturally i was talking about the areas of Africa as a whole where the Catholic Church is preaching abstinence only.
And i thought the Americas was the greatest nation on earth as GW Bush said it was?
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