While there a countless scientists, engineers, and general well rounded geniuses working on solutions for the BP oil spill, maybe it’s time to take a look at some more rudimentary ideas. Now the idea of dumping hay into the ocean and scooping it back up may sound silly, but I think we’re past the point of worrying about that after watching failed attempt after failed attempt. Watch the video for yourself and see. It’s HAY!!!
Factory farms are the number one cause of global warming. We have become overtaken by big food companies shoveling out cheap processed food to us. It’s time to take back control of our food. Farmers are going under or being strong-armed by big food companies. Check out Fight Big Food and get involved. Learn what’s going on with big food and sign a petition for the causes you stand behind!
It could be, but no one seems to be listening. He’s submitted his idea to Deep Water Horizon Response twice now and has received no response. He’s contacted the New York Times and several congressional representatives and still nothing. He finally resorted to posting a youtube video. Maybe BP knows something that makes his proposal invalid and that is why they are choosing not to respond. However, according to their response website, every submission receives a reply. They claim they have received over 20,000 submissions and about 100 of them are under further review. If we are going to hear anyone out, I’d think Dr. Pravica has very reputable credentials. He holds a doctorate from Harvard in experimental condensed matter physics. He focuses his work on hydrocarbons under high pressure. Hmmm, oil under high pressure, isn’t this oil spill exactly that? Hey BP, listen up, at least hear the guy out or collaborate with him. It’s not like you have anything to lose at this point, you might even save yourselves from looking like total asses…maybe.
As we know, things that may have been kosher in the 1970s may not be up to par any longer as we learn new information. I don’t think practices in the food industry started out with ill intentions or greed, but the supply and demand model seems to have nurtured such behavior. (more…)
I came across an interesting article on the Livable Future Blog today. It’s a Q&A with Nicolette Hahn Niman of Niman Ranch. Niman Ranch is a humane and sustainable farm that does not use antibiotics or hormones and uses all vegetarian feeds. She makes a lot of good points in this Q&A, and it’s obviously not an article to sway you into becoming a vegetarian. I believe it does support one of my previous posts regarding people wanting to know where their food comes from and how it gets to them. Complacency with our food is what the “they” wants. Meat fillers, hormones, genetically modified, chicken flavor injections, don’t those all sound DEEEELICIOUS?! I sat at lunch with coworkers last week and at least half of them kept a “don’t ask don’t tell” policy of their own regarding their food. They did not want to feel bad or know what they were putting in their body. That attitude is why places like McDonald’s continue to profit. No one wants to know the journey from beginning to end that meat took to get to you. As I said before, ignorance is bliss. But they know there is a truth, the choice being made is to not face it because you’d prefer not to feel gross or guilty about your Big Mac. I’m not asking the world to go vegetarian and neither are the majority of sustainable food and meat advocates. It is sad that one small cheeseburger can have such a large impact. Just think!
