tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post3369218606051951883..comments2023-12-27T22:31:19.008-07:00Comments on The Bike Nazi: Happy Earth Day!Bikeboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17379272663647894409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post-1090544139626547952015-04-23T08:41:35.402-06:002015-04-23T08:41:35.402-06:00Bummer! When you write, and your readership drops...Bummer! When you write, and your readership drops by 8% overnight, some introspection is in order, no?<br />:-O<br /><br />When somebody says something I disagree with, I plug my ears and yell "La-la-la-la!" at the top of my voice!!<br />(-;<br /><br />(Nah - just funnin'. I read stuff I disagree with every day, and the next day I go back and read something <i>else</i> I disagree with.)<br /><br /><i>Supposedly</i> deteriorating environment. Worldwide, it's likely getting worse. You always hear that McDonald's is cutting down the rain forest to raise more beef. The air pollution in some of those big Asian cities - Beijing, Mumbai, Shanghai - is unhealthful! There are small continents of discarded plastic and tsunami flotsam, out in the open ocean. This morning on the Drudge, it says our earth-raping ways are now causing earthquakes! That'll push silly stuff like "the environment" to the back burner, huh?!!<br /><br />There is, however, a lot that we have no control over, and even Environmental Superheroes like Algore, Jon Carry, and Chairman Obama can't control. Read up on 1816 - "The Year Without a Summer." The Tambora volcano erupted in a manner that puts Mount St. Helens to shame, and blocked out most of the sunlight for a year.<br /><br />But closer to home... compared with when I was a child, the air is usually cleaner, the water (Boise River) is definitely cleaner, the (remaining) open lands of the foothills are better protected.Bikeboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17379272663647894409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post-40609417843568420722015-04-22T15:58:29.217-06:002015-04-22T15:58:29.217-06:00supposedly-deteriorating environment? wow! if you ...supposedly-deteriorating environment? wow! if you don't know at this point, you don't want to know.<br /><br />I'm sure you don't really care, but you just lost one of your 12 readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com