How Stupid Are They?

[HONDO74]

Tourists reportedly hospitalized after swimming in Instagram-famous 'toxic dump' in Spain
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/tourists ... lake-spain

You just can't fix stupid.

Local activists in Galicia, Spain, are urging government officials to intervene after multiple tourists have been reportedly hospitalized after swimming in an Instagram-famous, turquoise lake that is in fact a chemically contaminated “toxic dump.”

Last week, two Instagram influencers revealed that they had been recently sickened after coming in contact with the sparkling blue waters of the Monte Neme “lake,” the Independent reports.

According to the outlet, the glittering waters have become something of a sensational Instagram destination – though the reality of their history isn’t quite so pretty.

Alternatively nicknamed the “Galician Chernobyl,” the waters of Monte Neme fill an old quarry that connects to what was once a World War II-era Tungsteen mine, The Daily Telegraph reports. The mine was formally abandoned in the 1980s.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Mining and quarry - great combo. Surprise that there is anything green living there at all!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

It makes ya wonder.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

It makes ya wonder.

Momentarily and then file under never underestimate the stupidity of the human race - if you do, they will prove it to you.

[HONDO74]

Climate change: German MPs want higher meat tax
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49281111

Green and Social Democrat (SPD) politicians in Germany say the 7% sales tax (VAT) rate on meat should be raised to 19% to help curb global warming and fund animal welfare improvements.


This is the country that shut down nuclear power and went back to burning coal. They get 43% of their electricity from coal fired power plants. And they have 2 pipelines from Russia supplying them with oil and gas.

But it's those nasty cows burping that is causing global warming.

[robert.]

In this photo you can see my mother’s driveway apron. Notice the tar patch? That’s where a gas shut off valve was. Last week while replacing gas lines peco noticed. Every gas valve was under a driveway. Good thing nobody needed their gas shut off.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Climate change...
But it's those nasty cows burping that is causing global warming.

I believe it is the other end that produces the significant gas, as well as the product of that end of the cow, as well.

Anyolways, I thought methane and nitrogen gases were part of the fertilization process of producing plants, domesticated or otherwise, and thusly more air; in fact, isn't most of our air composed of nitrogen?

Maybe South America could lay-off cutting the Amazon forest down? Eh? Huh? Huh?

Here's a sensible balance of trees and farmland, in Upstate NY....

[robert.]

Maybe we (USA) could stop using exotic wood for floors,chairs and other stuff.

[rogruth]

Radical thinking from me.
Humans in general and ones in the U.S. and other non third world countries get most of the blame for global warming/climate change because we found
the ways to NOT be third world countries. The "little ice age" was not that long ago and we still do not know what earth climate and temperatures would be. Maybe like early humans we will need to make adjustments in where and how on Earth we live.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

"Where and how on Earth we live." Many (most ?) humans have settled, through the millennia , along rivers and sea coasts. Those locations have already begun to be in trouble due to rising waters. For example, serious studies and actions are being conducted by NYC to keep the ever-increasing tides at bay . Venice and London have spent large amounts of money on construction of gates and levees already, and continue their efforts to fight back against the sea and swollen rivers.

[E7]

Simple Logic: Nice to have a house by the lake, not so much, in the lake. Don't build in the d*mn flood plain. Consider that to apply to all bodies of water, unless you live on a house boat.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

"Where and how on Earth we live." Many (most ?) humans have settled, through the millennia , along rivers and sea coasts. Those locations have already begun to be in trouble due to rising waters. For example, serious studies and actions are being conducted by NYC to keep the ever-increasing tides at bay . Venice and London have spent large amounts of money on construction of gates and levees already, and continue their efforts to fight back against the sea and swollen rivers.

Think New Orleans............

But, no matter what the endless destruction by tides, rising water, flood plains, and destructive storms, people still want to build and buy those beach houses that get destroyed periodically......

Easy to state, "Don't do that...", but they don't listen........ Need to seriously jack up their insurance rates to somewhere beyond ridiculous....or stop insuring them at all.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Have you seen how some homeowners are jacking their shore houses up onto stilts, some which appear to be 10' above the sea-level "land" of their storm-damaged neighborhoods? It sure isn't where I'd line-up to buy a summer property.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Have you seen how some homeowners are jacking their shore houses up onto stilts, some which appear to be 10' above the sea-level "land" of their storm-damaged neighborhoods? It sure isn't where I'd line-up to buy a summer property.

Some? Seems almost a standard practice these days. Wonder how well they stand up against serious hurricane winds under them........

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I have the same skeptical wonderment.