Some Nature Hating fool tried to tell me that you waste more electricity turning a light switch off and back on, than you save turning it off for a while! Was this guy for real? Has anyone else heard this crap or actually believed it? OH man, the only thing that shits me more than Nature Haters, is the lazy excuses they come up with to save their fat lazy arse's from getting up off the couch! What a fucking jerk - seriously.
A short flirt with Google had the answer in under 2 secs. The estimates range from 0.16 second to 2 seconds, that you need to have the light off for to save more electricity than you burn turning it back on.
So, if you're not going to be in a room for more than 2 seconds, turn the light off! (and the spare TV)
THINKING SHIFT
I just stumbled across this blog called Thinking Shift today.
She has a great post up on the palm oil boom in Indonesia. It's a lot more detailed and informative than the post here on Nature Haters. Whereas I just hear about an issue, get angry about it, and post - it seems the lady that writes Thinking Shift actually researches the issues and structures her posts. I've stolen a part of the blog post here that I should have had in my post...
Another article I stumbled across on Thinking Shift was a well written piece on global warming. I really recommend going over there and reading both of these articles.
While I was looking around I also found out that Dove cosmetics uses palm oil sourced from one of the worst exploiters of Indonesia's rainforests for cheap palm oil. Here's a little re-make of one of Dove's ads.
I normally use Dove soap here at home. Not anymore...
Dove is the devil!!!
She has a great post up on the palm oil boom in Indonesia. It's a lot more detailed and informative than the post here on Nature Haters. Whereas I just hear about an issue, get angry about it, and post - it seems the lady that writes Thinking Shift actually researches the issues and structures her posts. I've stolen a part of the blog post here that I should have had in my post...
Palm oil is present in around 40% of products and is also labelled as any of the following:
- sodium lauryl sulphate
- sodium dodecyl sulphate
- hydrated palm glycerides
- palmate
- palm oil kernel
- palmitate
- cocoa butter equivalent (CBE)
- cocoa butter substitute (CBS)
- palm olein
- palm stearine
- hexadecylic or palmitic acid
If you use margarine, most likely the margarine is derived from palm oil. See if the emulsifier, E471, is listed because this is derived from palm oil. Likely suspects are also: Emulsifiers 422, 430-36, 470-8, 481-483, 493-5.
In cosmetics, soaps and detergents, palm oil is often labelled as:
- elais guineensis
- lyceryl stearate
- stearic acid
- sodium lauryl sulphate
- sodium laureth sulphate
- cetyl alcohol
- isopropyl
- steareth-2
- steareth-20
Another article I stumbled across on Thinking Shift was a well written piece on global warming. I really recommend going over there and reading both of these articles.
While I was looking around I also found out that Dove cosmetics uses palm oil sourced from one of the worst exploiters of Indonesia's rainforests for cheap palm oil. Here's a little re-make of one of Dove's ads.
I normally use Dove soap here at home. Not anymore...
Dove is the devil!!!
Paw Paw Pawtroleum
I'm really sorry to do this to you because I know you're addicted just like I was. I mean it looks good, it feels good and it's natural isn't it? Unfortunately not.
The good folks at Peppermint Mag have discovered that Lucas' Paw Paw Ointment is, in fact, petroleum jelly based. I knew it was too good to be true!
No matter, a short search on the internet reveals numerous other options that are petrochemical free.
Simmons - Petroleum free Paw Paw salve
Enjoy your new lip balm.
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