This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let
us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the
oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our
lands. Let us resolve that all nations -- including my own -- will act
with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce
the carbon we send into our atmosphere. This is the moment to give our
children back their future. This is the moment to stand as one.


--

Scott in Florida

"Scott in Florida" <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote in message
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>
> This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let
> us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the
> oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our
> lands. Let us resolve that all nations -- including my own -- will act
> with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce
> the carbon we send into our atmosphere. This is the moment to give our
> children back their future. This is the moment to stand as one.
>
>

Germany, to her credit, has what is perhaps the most restrictive set of
environmental laws going. They demanded, and got, a reduction in the number
of screws needed to hold stuff together. They demanded and got a recycle
program that demanded manufacturers use plastics and metals that can
actually be made from recycled materials and be recycled themselves at the
end of their service life.

Germany has a set of environmental rules they call Blue Angel. I used to
work for Toshiba, and for our stuff to get Blue Angel certification, the
factory had to make stuff so it could be disassembled to the Major Sub
Assembly level, and the sub assemblies could then be categorized according
to the main recyclable. The reduction in the number of screws reduced the
demand for metal and made stuff that needed 12 screws to hold it together
get several clips or tabs and 4 screws.

Because of the Germans, the whole world is getting Blue Angel products, and
this is a good thing.

Scott in Florida, 7/24/2008,5:28:46 PM, wrote:

>
> This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let
> us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the
> oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our
> lands. Let us resolve that all nations -- including my own -- will act
> with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce
> the carbon we send into our atmosphere. This is the moment to give our
> children back their future. This is the moment to stand as one.


Haven't we already saved Europe more than once?

On Jul 24, 6:31*pm, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:
> "Scott in Florida" <Mov...@outa.here> wrote in messagenews:ivsh845p6ei64p7359327auj1jfn846s6s@4ax .com...
>
>
>
> > This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let
> > us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the
> > oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our
> > lands. Let us resolve that all nations -- including my own -- will act
> > with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce
> > the carbon we send into our atmosphere. This is the moment to give our
> > children back their future. This is the moment to stand as one.
>
> Germany, to her credit, has what is perhaps the most restrictive set of
> environmental laws going. They demanded, and got, a reduction in the number
> of screws needed to hold stuff together. They demanded and got a recycle
> program that demanded manufacturers use plastics and metals that can
> actually be made from recycled materials and be recycled themselves at the
> end of their service life.
>
> Germany has a set of environmental rules they call Blue Angel. I used to
> work for Toshiba, and for our stuff to get Blue Angel certification, the
> factory had to make stuff so it could be disassembled to the Major Sub
> Assembly level, and the sub assemblies could then be categorized according
> to the main recyclable. The reduction in the number of screws reduced the
> demand for metal and made stuff that needed 12 screws to hold it together
> get several clips or tabs and 4 screws.
>
> Because of the Germans, the whole world is getting Blue Angel products, and
> this is a good thing.

Thank you for posting this. Real capitalists know how to get savings
from innovation that is sometimes forced on them.