tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post9104614931695085655..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Turkish Mine ExplosionTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-80671015264293191322014-05-15T14:11:36.283-05:002014-05-15T14:11:36.283-05:00mike ~ The whole thing got out of hand - like so m...mike ~ The whole thing got out of hand - like so much else in the 20th and 21st centuries. Coal, in its early days must have been such a boon to early man, but once the industrial revolution kicked into gear the trouble started (though people then were unaware of just how much trouble).<br /><br />Miners through the centuries have risked their lives to "feed the brute", and in process to line the pockets of uncaring mine owners and corporations. In spite of what we now know of the damage caused to the environment, in many ways, by over-use of coal and products manufactured from it, I have nothing but the utmost respect for all miners. Most oil workers, in stark contrast have it easy-peasy.<br /><br />Again in this as in everything man, or more accurately its governing bodies, has failed to achieve balance.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-83111146619047460292014-05-15T14:01:31.961-05:002014-05-15T14:01:31.961-05:00JD ~ I hadn't seen the NO post from 2010 - tha...JD ~ I hadn't seen the NO post from 2010 - thank you. Good one! Some comments - not so much.<br /><br />Thanks for the link to Daily Mail report. I hope the protestors stick at it - and more power to them!<br /><br />Cream is supposed to rise to the top, but in everything but milk the reverse is often true.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-38222875075171435972014-05-15T11:21:18.484-05:002014-05-15T11:21:18.484-05:00The price paid in human and other species' liv...The price paid in human and other species' lives for energy consumption is massive. Mining, processing, and shipping fossil fuels (and other minerals) has caused incredible damage to the environment. Now, the entirety of our natural world is on the brink from burning those fuels.<br /><br />Most people do not comprehend the vast petroleum-related products contained in their every-day-lives: insecticides, herbicides, fertilizer, cosmetics, detergents, pharmaceuticals, plastics, asphalt, tires, waxes, ink, paper coatings, chemicals...etc. It's ubiquitous in its many forms.<br /><br /><br />The "Great Pacific and Atlantic Garbage Patch" is a complex of macro and micro plastic, chemical sludge, and petro-related "stuff". The patch in the Pacific Ocean is thought to be twice the size of the USA in surface area, but unknown in volume (depth)...ditto for the Atlantic patch. Much toxic coal ash is washed into the ocean and settles to the ocean floor.<br /><br />We humans are determined to kill ourselves and take the planet with us. The short-term gains are incredibly idiotic (murder-suicide) considering the impending outcome.mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-27954492160614276282014-05-15T10:06:16.767-05:002014-05-15T10:06:16.767-05:00You may not have seen this from a few years ago-
h...You may not have seen this from a few years ago-<br />http://www.nourishingobscurity.com/2010/11/the-testimony-of-patience-kershaw/<br /><br />Nothing changes, unfortunately. There are currently huge protests in Turkey about the privatisation of the mines and, like I said, nothing changes at the top -<br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629101/Hope-fades-150-trapped-miners-fire-STILL-burns-mile-underground-Turkish-coalmine.htmlJDhttp://nourishingobscurity.com/jd/noreply@blogger.com