[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

The main problem from a human perspective is COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS which accounts for 80% of the pollution and particulate matter in the atmosphere.

Agreed that power generation is part of the problem. Isn't that what the whole environmentalist movement is about? Finding greener and more sustainable energy alternatives? So far you're on our side...

Some thoughts on each one - I hate the light produced by your CFL and LED light bulbs - they are un-natural light and give me a headache personally.

Doesn't mean they're not better for the environment

want my dishes sterilized and clean, and with all the bacteria that is built up in the average sink, thrust me, you need this - dishwashers are not for good looks alone!

My fiance is a health and safety inspector for a corporate foodservice kitchen and will tell you that you're full of it on this one. Hot water and antibacterial dish soap are all you need.

Hybrid cars are killing Canada with the massive increasing in nickel production (and the coal output to produce nickel and the toxicity of it is a worse trade off), and Lithium is not the answer because they are much more unstable and prone to fire if shorted or over charged - not a good thing in a car, especially in an accident.

Have not read about this but it sounds interesting. link please?

If you did all these things, energy use would still rise due to population increase, leaving us in the same boat as before.

Is that a reason not to do what we can to reduce the problem now? Of course not.

The point being, to get rid of all the things you describe is not the answer. Cars are the least of the problems since 80% of all pollutants are coal fired power plants.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Originally Posted by The EPA

The process of generating electricity is the single largest source of CO2 emissions in the United States, representing 39 percent of all CO2 emissions...The transportation sector is the second largest source of CO2 emissions in the U.S. Almost all of the energy consumed in the transportation sector is petroleum based, including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

These quotes are taken from an EPA report here: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emi...co2_human.html

I think you're not making the connection here...reducing energy useage at home reduces the need for coal fired plants. Reducing the amount you drive, or buying more fuel efficient cars means you can go further on less fuel...reducing the overall demand for it.

So the answer is sitting with a technology that everyone hates, yet is the cleanest and most efficient way of making power - Nukes.

I agree.