I am apparently writing an
essay...
If you aren't sure what
I am saying by ...reevaluating everything about my life down to the
dental floss to make sure that I am not participating in tyranny...
think on this...
In Jamaica there are
bauxite mines. Bauxite is used to make aluminum and it is toxic. The
extraction of alumina from bauxite produces a highly toxic residue,
termed bauxite refinery residue (BRR) or red mud. The toxicity of
this material is due to chemical and biological effects of high pH,
alkalinity, electrical conductivity. It effects the ground water,
dries up and blows all over the area, and displaces the farmers from
their land. For Aluminum.
Aluminum
foil, soda and beer cans, lightweight bicycles, keys, medical
equipment, carabiners, and cooking pots.... and rockets. yes, Rockets.
Can
I do without these things? I can try. Can I do something about the
toxicity in Jamaica's environment, and India and Cameroon and all the
places where this industry is going to move in, take over, make a
mess and make the land poisoned and the people sick? Yes. I can tell
you now, and I can tell someone else tomorrow, and I can say “So,
don't use aluminum. Stop participating in using aluminum. The less we
use, the less it will be needed or wanted, the less it will be
mined.” And that is a start to stopping greed and tyranny. One
small step. Because it is money that is gained by the people who own
and operate the bauxite mines and refineries. It is money they are
seeking. They only mine it to get money. NOT to make the world a
better place. NOT AT ALL. There are other things to put beer and soda
in, there are other ways to cook a baked potato. I don’t need
aluminum to live my life well, and neither do you. I don’t need it
enough to displace or sicken people in another land far from mine.
A
short list of the most toxic things you use but don’t need in your
life every day:
plastic water
bottle, juice bottle, milk bottle
styrofoam coffee
cup, plastic fork
aluminum
foil
aluminum
can
car
to drive you 2 blocks or 10 blocks
1
hour of internet or 4 hours or …
perfume
nail
polish
hair
spray, shampoo, body wash
Fabric
softener
paper
towels
plastic
wrap, Plastic Bags!!
lipstick,
mascara
think
of all the plastic plastic plastic plastic...
where
does it go ? It doesn't go anywhere... it sits in piles all over
the earth in countries we cant see from our back yard... it floats in
the ocean and kills all forms of marine life....
Remember
the thing about wasting paper?
Well,
it turns out Trees are a renewable
resource
that we actually NEED to provide clean air and filter out carbons!!!!
We NEED Trees so, Stop using plastic bottles for everything. MILK ,OJ
and other juices come in paper cartons. Use wax paper and washable
glass containers. Stop using plastic wrap Stop it. Plastic is
poisonous to us and destroys the environment with horrible carbon
released into the air during processing... It comes from oil and gas
refining. It is bad bad bad. We NEED TO GROW TREES!!! Farm them and
replant them, use them and reuse them. Plastic is a big NON
BIODEGRADABLE MESS. And it is just Making Somebody Rich. Nobody needs
it. It is NOT NECESSARY for normal household use. Stop using it. Make
the world a better place. Think about your impact on the whole world
and generations to come every time you take a step. Every sip of water, every time you wrap a sandwich Think about the air clogged with poisonous toxins and the water poisoned and the tadpoles and the children of the future.... because you can not unknow what I have told you today, you can not conveniently forget... you can only choose to perpetuate the status quo.... Or NOT.
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