http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0722-bikes.html

ha he has a point, 😀
but by that rational we killing ourselves would be better for the environment,

an excellent example of the theory of unintended consequences 🙂

what a unit!

Bike riders live longer and there are more of them because they are more healthy, ergo they have more of an environmental impact over their lifetimes.

Interesting…

I suppose improved medical care could be accused of being ‘non-green’ too then?

Similar to a discussion I had over a few beers:

Which politician has had the greatest positive environmental impact?

I voted for George Bush

His wars have killed more Americans who are the greatest polluting individuals

He f*cked up Iraq’s oil production

His general world policies have screwed the price of oil making people find better ways to get energy

…

Given the number of people on this form who will dance for Maggie she must be in with a shout, mass exercise for the working classes – nobody else has managed it ;+)

Ah, but those wars have seen the use of loads of depleted Uranium, phosphorous and all sorts of other nasty chemicals, WCA; not to mention the incredibly damaging effects of weapons production and testing..

Any news on the job situation?

I thought they Halted the A10’s using depleted Uranium shells.

Nope. DU ammunition is still being produced by many countries although only the UK and US have admitted using weapons containing DU. The problem is that DU isn’t covered under any specific treaty.

It is the possible poisonous secondary effects of DU that is the main concern but the acts covering the use of poisons in war specifically exclude ‘nuclear material’ because they are covered under their own treaties. Unfortunately the nuclear treaties aren’t concerned with the poisonous nature of nuclear materials as generally (in the case of Plutonium/Uranium) its the explosive nature and mass-destruction caused that is the primary concern.

BTW, the A10 is only one of the many weapon systems that uses DU ammunition.