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Threatened to turn towards alternative transportation…
Thoughts via Blackberry
Stopped at the local Sam’s Club Gas Station this evening and it hurt to keep pumping dollars and dollars worth of fuel into my vehicle. Due to these enormously high prices, I have now took alternative transportation into serious consideration. Although it sounds like a sensible solution, difficult obstacles await. Living in Upstate Western New York;’weather conditions’, ‘distances of destinations’, and of course ‘time’…all things we seem to take for granted when owning a vehicle. The first attempt will be traveling to work by bicycle; weather permitting of course.
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Just recently I have entered a realm of total connectivity. From phone conversations to high priority emails; from excel worksheets to picture messaging; from mobile banking to GPS navigation…to find the nearest ATM of course….We are now in a world where anything imaginable can be brought to you in seconds. I am a person who thrives of utilization and turning questions into answers; what better way than investing in Blackberry.
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Tonights Democratic Debate focuses its questions around tough issues that our country is facing. Where do you stand? Which of these topics concern you the most?
Some insight on this years Super Bowl. Bill Belichick’s last game as a Browns coach in 1995 turned out to be a 24-21 loss to the expansion team Jacksonville Jaguars; coached by Tom Coughlin.Our footprint here on Earth . . .
This weeks discussion topic will be “Our footprint here on Earth.” Interested on how to leave an impact here on earth? Or are you already on your way? See what people are saying . . . Read more
Wegmans Reusable Bags
Today at Wegmans grocery store here in Rochester, New York; I noticed the promotion of reusable grocery bags. By being a Wegmans Shopper Club Member, the bags were offered for .99 cents a piece. Rumor has it that these plastic bags, that are so freely given away when you purchase groceries, are tallying numbers into the billions. This mass consumption of plastic bags is hurting our environment as a whole; from killing animals that believe it is food instead of waste and the vast amount of oil used to produce the bags.
The idea is to be apart of the solution. By purchasing these reusable bags your one step closer to a cleaner environment for our future generations. Let me add that these bags can hold a mass amount of weight and there is no need to have 25 bags to carry everything. I had $50 worth of groceries, which include jugs of water, cranberry juice, and soda, and carrying it was a breeze. It evens out the weight of the groceries without that ripping feeling you get with plastic.
Below are a few facts on how this is impacting our environment.
photo by: bill bridges
Information provided by: http://www.reusuablebags.com/
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Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. (Estimated cost to retailers is $4 billion)
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In 2001, Ireland consumed 1.2 billion plastic bags, or 316 per person. An extremely successful plastic bag consumption tax, or PlasTax, introduced in 2002 reduced consumption by 90%. Approximately 18,000,000 liters of oil have been saved due to this reduced production. Governments around the world are considering implementing similar measures.
