I am for trying hydrofracking in New York state. This is my reason why.
The economy of New York state has deteriorated significantly. Our state lost the most population in the whole country in the past decade due to no jobs being available. Since our state has high taxes on businesses this resulted in companies leaving like Carrier in Syracuse. Buffalo lost most of it's manufacturing jobs and and car manufacturer's left the north country.
In my hometown of Massena it is now a ghost town since General Motors and Reynold' s have left. Alcoa has laid off most of it's employees.It is sad since it used to be a thriving town. WE NEED JOBS! And hydroracking guarantees jobs with incomes starting at $70,000 a year. I understand the other side of concerns of contaminating the water. Why can't there be a compromise?
Hydrofracking could occur far away from populated areas as possible. Most people don't drink tap water anymore- the bottling business is doing great! Of course cooking with tap water could be a concern as well as bathing/showering and brushing teeth. But are there studies that show the effects of this? If someone is that concerned they could use bottled water for cooking and brushing teeth. I think both sides should compromise because the bottom line is New York state needs jobs or we are going to lose even more people. If people do not have jobs they won't have money to spend at the lakes (ie. beaches, boating, camping, fishing, restaurants and wineries will all suffer.) This will only affect our bad economy more. I would hope that the people against hydrofracking would think about these ideas and be willing to compromise. Then New York state could become a great state to live in again.
This is a very good point. I'd only take issue with the last sentence. Might be a nice principle, but the system is set up in a way where monied institutions are almost exclusively able to engage government in any meaningful way. Policies enacted by major retail stores, not to mention actions taken by nationwide lobbies, will clearly have more of an effect than everyone writing to their congressmen about it. Good luck trying to organize a boycott around such a technical issue.
You people have no clue what you're talking about. The point is don't buy conventional food items if consuming GMO products bother you, buy organic. Monsanto can't touch the organic market. The more people buy organic, the more companies realize that carrying conventional products generated by Monsanto isnt profitable thus forcing it out. Growing organics is expensive, you have to pay the labor for workers to actually harvest the food as opposed to spraying it with chemicals that are cheaper but harmful to the crop and the people who consume them. The only way to run a business is to have the consumer pay for what the distributor makes the business pay.
The way whole foods buys is paying extra for the "top of the barrel" products. The further down the barrel you go, the cheaper the product is because the quality of the crop gets lower at the bottom. Because whole foods pays that premium price for premium goods, the consumer then pays that price. Not to mention, unlike Walmart, whole foods doesn't sell toys and clothes and electronics made by paying foreign workers for pennies on the dollar to produce them leaving them plenty of room to take the hit for low prices on products also sold at whole foods. For those companies, it's about image.
The problem with this country is everyone wants something but doesn't want to pay for it. Whole foods hasn't sold out but there a business, in order to stay open and pay there employees they have to remain profitable. Therefore, it's up to the consumer to decide what they want to buy. Whole foods has never made claims that they were all organic. But there are plenty of organics to buy. So buy them and show the market that's what you want. Or go to krogers or Walmart where the employees aren't trained on how to handle organic foods and save a few pennies. Fucking cheap asses... I bet you all have pretty cars and smart phones too. A great way to stick it to the man. Hippocrates.
IF we can find any non-GMO seeds this year. F---ing Mons@nto has been buying up organic seed companies right and left.
I used to think I didn't believe in the devil... now I think the MonS@nto is the devil.
This is a very good point. I'd only take issue with the last sentence. Might be a nice principle, but the system is set up in a way where monied institutions are almost exclusively able to engage government in any meaningful way. Policies enacted by major retail stores, not to mention actions taken by nationwide lobbies, will clearly have more of an effect than everyone writing to their congressmen about it. Good luck trying to organize a boycott around such a technical issue.
Wfm doesn't sell diet coke. I work for wfm. We don't sell ANY products with aspartame.
You people have no clue what you're talking about. The point is don't buy conventional food items if consuming GMO products bother you, buy organic. Monsanto can't touch the organic market. The more people buy organic, the more companies realize that carrying conventional products generated by Monsanto isnt profitable thus forcing it out. Growing organics is expensive, you have to pay the labor for workers to actually harvest the food as opposed to spraying it with chemicals that are cheaper but harmful to the crop and the people who consume them. The only way to run a business is to have the consumer pay for what the distributor makes the business pay.
The way whole foods buys is paying extra for the "top of the barrel" products. The further down the barrel you go, the cheaper the product is because the quality of the crop gets lower at the bottom. Because whole foods pays that premium price for premium goods, the consumer then pays that price. Not to mention, unlike Walmart, whole foods doesn't sell toys and clothes and electronics made by paying foreign workers for pennies on the dollar to produce them leaving them plenty of room to take the hit for low prices on products also sold at whole foods. For those companies, it's about image.
The problem with this country is everyone wants something but doesn't want to pay for it. Whole foods hasn't sold out but there a business, in order to stay open and pay there employees they have to remain profitable. Therefore, it's up to the consumer to decide what they want to buy. Whole foods has never made claims that they were all organic. But there are plenty of organics to buy. So buy them and show the market that's what you want. Or go to krogers or Walmart where the employees aren't trained on how to handle organic foods and save a few pennies. Fucking cheap asses... I bet you all have pretty cars and smart phones too. A great way to stick it to the man. Hippocrates.
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