Monthly Archives: September 2021

C02 and Agricultural Practices

Posted on September 28, 2021 by borderslynn

Since Neolithic times, when humans became farmers, we have sought ways to change land use to fit our needs. We have terraced hillsides to grow food, we have developed irrigation and switched routes of rivers to benefit land where water … Continue reading →

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Living Things and the Carbon Dilemma

Posted on September 25, 2021 by borderslynn

Since Joseph Black discovered carbon dioxide and chemists began to understand its importance, we have harnessed it for many advantageous applications which assist humans in their endeavours. The medical world has grown thanks to our understanding of how living things … Continue reading →

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CO2, the Gas of Life

Posted on September 24, 2021 by borderslynn

A Scot, Joseph Black discovered Carbon Dioxide in 1755 The Discovery of Carbon Dioxide In Black’s early years at Glasgow, he probably started his work on the chemistry of “magnesia alba“. He submitted his work later for his MD thesis in Edinburgh including the discovery of what … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Atmosphere, carbon cycle, chemistry, CO2, fertilizer, gas of life, Joseph Black, life on earth, oxygen cycle, photosynthesis, pollution | Leave a comment

Combustible Plastic Materials: Unsafe in Schools, Hospitals and Residential Homes

Posted on September 20, 2021 by borderslynn

72 people died in the infamous Grenfell Tower Building, situated in London, UK. The fire was due to it being ‘wrapped in plastic’. Surely this council building must be a horrible exception? No matter how low or high the building, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged combustible plastic building materials, corporate responsibility, death by fire, economics before safety, fires safety regulations, flame spread tests, inadequate due diligence, inferior materials, lobbying | Leave a comment

Another Endocrine Disruptor: Perchlorate

Posted on September 19, 2021 by borderslynn

Continuing with my previous theme of fire and toxins, and also looking at another endocrine disrupter, we find this one was invented by chemists during World War Two, as part of rocket propulsion experiments by military weapons makers. Indeed, the … Continue reading →

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Plastic Factory Fires: Killer Phthalates

Posted on September 17, 2021 by borderslynn

And one YouTube dramatic coverage of a 2013 fire at a Recycling Centre in Sheffield. It is helpful to read this article, written over twenty years ago, which describes how different plastics burn. The Firefighters who attend a plastics factory … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged airborne toxins, endocrine disruptors, everywhere chemicals, extended producer responsibility, phthalates, plastic factory fires, plastic packaging | Leave a comment

Let’s Have “extended producer responsibility”!

Posted on September 12, 2021 by borderslynn

Renewable industry manufacturers, whether they be start-ups or high fliers, are rubbing their hands with anticipation of financial wealth beyond their wildest dreams. Governments can sell their concepts to citizens as climate change solutions, winning votes and ensuring election. What … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate apocalypse, dogger bank, energy storage, fishing industry, green spin, greenwashing, investment, north sea, offshore win turbines, profit before people, UK islands | Leave a comment

No Landfill for Lithium, Thank you!

Posted on September 11, 2021 by borderslynn

If anything is not economic to recycle, we have always dumped it in landfill with a pretence we had no choice. All landfill activity is known to be a last resort, but landfills are growing around the globe despite that. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged cobalt, electric vehicles, household battery disposal, lithium car battery disposal, lithium-ion battery, no to landfill, repurposing lithium batteries | Leave a comment

‘Socioeconomic Divisions have Worsened’

Posted on September 11, 2021 by borderslynn

9/11 did not change the world – it was already on the path to decades of conflict Republished on September 11th, 2021 September 10, 2021 11.47am BST Author Paul RogersProfessor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford Disclosure statement Paul Rogers is … Continue reading →

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Taking Responsibility to Do No Harm

Posted on September 8, 2021 by borderslynn

As we mine the resources we say we need to build stuff to ‘combat climate change’ we have, to date, mined irresponsibly. We have farmed irresponsibly and once we humans learned metallurgy, we began to mine irresponsibly. In fact, as … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aquifer depletion, atacama desert, chilean people protest, conscious disregard, corporate vs people, injustice, lithium mining using brine method, technology | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: September 2021

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