Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   BEING GOOD STEWARDS Date:   9/22/2013 1:18:18 PM (updated 9/22/2013 1:20:24 PM)

“I would concede we could/should do a better job of managing our resources.” [muddauber]

 Dauber has it right.  There are many actions and activities in the world where mankind is cr@pping up his own bed. I say “his own bed” because natural processes (erosion) will erase ALL evidence of mankind within a few million years of the departure of Homo sapiens as a species. And we will likely be the cause of our own departure.

The greatest resource at risk is fresh water. Less than three percent of the Earth’s water is fresh.  Of that, less than ONE percent is available for drinking. HERE is where we should be primarily addressing environmental insults. Google “Copperhill, TN” or “Love Canal.”

We should be recycling and striving for energy efficiency. Wind power is an inefficient blight on the land and itself an environmental insult. Solar power needs lots of work especially with respect to scale. At present, solar power is also an environmental insult. The only currently viable energy options are nuclear, hydro-electric, natural gas, and coal.  If anyone tells you otherwise… he (or she) is just telling you how he feels about it. Your duty is to minimize the amount of energy you use. Scientists and engineers are obligated to improve energy production. 

Or the EPAs Priority Pollutant List:

http://www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/permits/generic/prioritypollutants.pdf