Comments on: Flushing Forests—Literally! http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/ Fri, 25 May 2012 02:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Fredster http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1151068 Fredster Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:56:04 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1151068 Couldn't help it. And puhleeze...don't ask the folks who have irritable bowel syndrome to give up the soft stuff. I have I.B.S. or something like it and there was one time I had to run at work to the restroom. Got done, wiped and wanted to s-c-r-e-a-m!! The next day I brought in my roll of Charmin. Couldn’t help it. And puhleeze…don’t ask the folks who have irritable bowel syndrome to give up the soft stuff. I have I.B.S. or something like it and there was one time I had to run at work to the restroom. Got done, wiped and wanted to
s-c-r-e-a-m!! The next day I brought in my roll of Charmin.

]]> By: elliewyatt http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1151021 elliewyatt Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:59:54 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1151021 The first roll toilet paper was sold in 1857. Hemp TP was used until hemp was made illegal. The first roll toilet paper was sold in 1857. Hemp TP was used until hemp was made illegal.

]]> By: elliewyatt http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1151016 elliewyatt Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:57:56 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1151016 Hemp cannot get you high. It is not marijuana. The Declaration of Independence was written on it. Sails were made of it for hundreds of years. The nation's founders grew it. For many years, if one owned more than a certain number of acres, it was required by law to devote a portion to hemp. I have a hemp jacket that is probably 8 years old and looks like new. It is extemely soft. Hemp cannot get you high. It is not marijuana.

The Declaration of Independence was written on it. Sails were made of it for hundreds of years. The nation’s founders grew it. For many years, if one owned more than a certain number of acres, it was required by law to devote a portion to hemp.

I have a hemp jacket that is probably 8 years old and looks like new. It is extemely soft.

]]> By: Gary McGowan http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1151007 Gary McGowan Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1151007 Better... The New York Times [linked at top; started all this] once again blasts away at another American industry... Here are some interesting data about the NYT regarding their use of wood... 1. Counting all editions, M-F, plus Sunday edition--6,830,000 copies a week (2007) http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=new+york+times+company&gwp=13 2. This press run consumes 27,320 cords of wood a week or about 1,430,640 cords a year 3. One acre produces about one cord of harvestable wood per year. 4. So the New York Times consumes the harvestable wood on about 1,430,640 acres a year. from: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2009/02/26/dead-tree-hypocrisy-nyt-massive-paper-user-lectures-toilet-paper#comments Better…

The New York Times [linked at top; started all this] once again blasts away at another American industry…

Here are some interesting data about the NYT regarding their use of wood…

1. Counting all editions, M-F, plus Sunday edition–6,830,000 copies a week (2007)

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=new+york+times+company&gwp=13

2. This press run consumes 27,320 cords of wood a week or about 1,430,640 cords a year

3. One acre produces about one cord of harvestable wood per year.

4. So the New York Times consumes the harvestable wood on about 1,430,640 acres a year.

from: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2009/02/26/dead-tree-hypocrisy-nyt-massive-paper-user-lectures-toilet-paper#comments

]]> By: Gary McGowan http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150999 Gary McGowan Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:15:35 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150999 <strong>How many trees are cut down everyday to print the New York Times?</strong> [never mind the WaPo and WSJ...] * To produce <em>each week's Sunday newspapers</em>, 500,000 trees must be cut down. There is quite a lot of edificational substance at this link... Here's maybe 5% of it: <blockquote>During World War II when raw materials were scarce, 33% of all paper was recycled. After the war, this number decreased sharply. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7tw2v/dear_reddit_how_many_trees_are_cut_down_everyday/ </blockquote> How many trees are cut down everyday to print the New York Times? [never mind the WaPo and WSJ...]

* To produce each week’s Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.

There is quite a lot of edificational substance at this link… Here’s maybe 5% of it:

During World War II when raw materials were scarce, 33% of all paper was recycled. After the war, this number decreased sharply.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7tw2v/dear_reddit_how_many_trees_are_cut_down_everyday/

]]> By: Gary McGowan http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150986 Gary McGowan Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:49:47 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150986 A simple tube and spray device works very well if the water isn't super cold. Just blotting with most any ol' tissue drys things up. A picture: http://tingtongman.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/IMG_3864.jpg A simple tube and spray device works very well if the water isn’t super cold.

Just blotting with most any ol’ tissue drys things up.

A picture: http://tingtongman.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/IMG_3864.jpg

]]> By: Tricia Spiegel http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150969 Tricia Spiegel Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:15:06 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150969 Fredster, stop it! I was dirnking coffee! Fredster, stop it! I was dirnking coffee!

]]> By: Tricia Spiegel http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150966 Tricia Spiegel Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:11:22 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150966 LOL!!! Good one, Baba Rum Raison. LOL!!! Good one, Baba Rum Raison.

]]> By: elise http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150878 elise Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:11:16 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150878 When I was a child, we visited a farm in rural Mississippi. They grew corn which they fed to hogs and used the cobs in the outhouse. They didn't have electricity, but they got up with the sun, used a kerosene lantern for an hour or two at night and went to bed early. They invited us for dinner and served ham they had smoked and eggs from their own chickens. The woman cooked on a wood stove. I know the kerosene and wood stove were not good for the environment, but she made the best biscuits I have ever eaten. They were almost entirely self sufficient. That was in 1962 and have never forgotten and never had an experience any thing like it since. When my mother told me I was supposed to use the corn cob, I couldn't believe it but they were actually soft. When I was a child, we visited a farm in rural Mississippi. They grew corn which they fed to hogs and used the cobs in the outhouse. They didn’t have electricity, but they got up with the sun, used a kerosene lantern for an hour or two at night and went to bed early. They invited us for dinner and served ham they had smoked and eggs from their own chickens. The woman cooked on a wood stove. I know the kerosene and wood stove were not good for the environment, but she made the best biscuits I have ever eaten. They were almost entirely self sufficient. That was in 1962 and have never forgotten and never had an experience any thing like it since. When my mother told me I was supposed to use the corn cob, I couldn’t believe it but they were actually soft.

]]> By: elise http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150874 elise Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:52:55 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150874 Sick to death, Barb. Also sick of commercials for everything from tort lawyer to car dealers saying "yes we can". Sick to death, Barb. Also sick of commercials for everything from tort lawyer to car dealers saying “yes we can”.

]]> By: AF catfish http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150866 AF catfish Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:49:54 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150866 <i>Hey, Anon! We’re just trying to wipe our concerns away here….</i> Rimshot! Hey, Anon! We’re just trying to wipe our concerns away here….

Rimshot!

]]> By: Fredster http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150865 Fredster Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:46:47 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150865 (sigh) I do luvs my Charmin and 2nd choice Cottenelle. Oh well...maybe I'll just scoot my butt on the carpet the way the dog does on occasion. (will I have to yell at myself then?) ;-) (sigh) I do luvs my Charmin and 2nd choice Cottenelle.

Oh well…maybe I’ll just scoot my butt on the carpet the way the dog does on occasion. (will I have to yell at myself then?) ;-)

]]> By: Snickers http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150863 Snickers Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:27:28 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150863 I've been using TP from recycled paper for over a year now (Seventh Generation) and also paper towels. I tried the tissues but since I have allergies, they were just too harsh on my nose. I’ve been using TP from recycled paper for over a year now (Seventh Generation) and also paper towels. I tried the tissues but since I have allergies, they were just too harsh on my nose.

]]> By: Baba Rum Raisin http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150860 Baba Rum Raisin Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:21:23 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150860 "Watch out where the huskies go, And don't you eat that yellow snow!" - <em>Frank Zappa</em> “Watch out where the huskies go,
And don’t you eat that yellow snow!” – Frank Zappa

]]> By: Seattle Moss http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/15761/flushing-forests%e2%80%94literally/#comment-1150855 Seattle Moss Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:16:56 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=15761#comment-1150855 Good post Josef! Junk mail is going the same route as the consumer economy..Off a cliff! I think we are on the verge of ending many things that are printed.. Newspapers Junk Mail Books Checks and bill paying by mail Fax document storage Not to mention that housing construction on a big scale is done for at least 10 years. Maybe we can even brave it out and use that wax toilet paper I hate so much. The industrial economy is going to be down 30-40% for some time..Nice to give the planet a break! However, this process is very painful and so far the world has seen 50 million people lose their jobs and 200 million thrown into poverty. Good post Josef!
Junk mail is going the same route as the consumer economy..Off a cliff!
I think we are on the verge of ending many things that are printed..
Newspapers
Junk Mail
Books
Checks and bill paying by mail
Fax
document storage

Not to mention that housing construction on a big scale is done for at least 10 years.

Maybe we can even brave it out and use that wax toilet paper I hate so much.

The industrial economy is going to be down 30-40% for some time..Nice to give the planet a break!
However, this process is very painful and so far the world has seen 50 million people lose their jobs and 200 million thrown into poverty.

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