I don't know whether this has been discussed much, but how can USMS support "going green," promoting and/or being supportive of being environmentally responsible for clean water to swim in as well as to drink?
Open Water swims, of course, are the perfect venues to remind us all to keep our waters clean for swimming. The Boston swim focuses on this; do other Open Water swims promote cleaner water? What do they do?
Can pool Masters swimmers, clubs, LMSCs promote being "greener"? Encouraging people to take shorter showers is one way. What are other ways?
I think it is a fine idea and good opportunity for USMS to promote this particular aspect of the environment. By the way, all the Great Lakes are down several inches, except for Lake Superior (where, at the moment, we don't have Open Water swims...but who knows, in the future???).
Jennifer Parks, Michigan Masters
Former Member
I am going to do my green thing on Oct 20th Mexico here I come.
Or move to Mexico, wear shorts and don't turn on the a/c!!! :drink:
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The Three Mile Island accident happened 28.5 years ago. Not a single nuclear accident since in the US. More people have died in coal mine accidents to feed our coal fired power plants in the past year than died in the TMI incident. Using TMI as an excuse to oppose nuclear is like using the Pinto as a reason to not drive a car.
It was a good enough reason not to drive that car...besides you can't fit your gun rack in a pinto
I may be wrong on this, but TMI (while a failure to produce power in one reactor) was a success. The shut down systems worked and no radiation leaked out. :confused:
Unlike Chernobyl where the safety system failed.:bolt:
Please correct me if I am wrong, I wasn't old enough to remember the day it happened. Its called the "Worst Civilian Nuclear Accident in the US" because its the only one (Wiki). If this is true, than the US record is perfect.
Another benefit to nuclear reactors is the ability to make weapons from the byproduct.
To shoot at the asteroid that's going to hit us.:drink:
Yes, the government should never be trusted to police itself, but if there was leakage or other issues there are lots of private groups that are invested in proving nuclear power is unsafe. Something would have come up by now.
I believe hydrogen for the Tahoe owners is the way to go. Burn it and all you get is pure water. Use the water to fill pools that are built from not using paper!
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Geek we are too nice, most of our oil goes to the USA, you don't have to attack just throw money at us.
Our money is of little value these days. Why don't you just give it to us? Come on, be a pal!
At the price we charge and the value of your $ we are giving it to you. We also send electricity, it was at a very cut rate and now with the new exchange rate, we are giving it to you
We have sold our house and have an apartment. We have never switched the gas heat on. The electric heat thermostat is set at 10 degrees centigrade for the winter and it very seldom comes on. The only heat we use is when the stove or oven is on. We do a lot of cuddling. Our windows are nearly always open. We do not use an air conditioner ever even when we go to Mexico we go as natural as possible. In Mexico we walk and don't drive.
or buy a programmable thermostat so you can turn the heat down at night and during the day when you're at work.
