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Comment on Putting the Brakes on Junk Mail by Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:20:35 +0000

Thanks Rob and glad to hear CC is helping. I can only imagine your wife as someone as committed to living responsibly are you are!

Perhaps you can find a neighbor willing to share catalogs that your wife might enjoy but no longer receives.

Comment on Putting the Brakes on Junk Mail by Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:15:44 +0000

Thanks for the link Cherie.

Comment on Putting the Brakes on Junk Mail by Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:13:15 +0000

As it currently exists in our culture, junk mail is an invasive and extremely destructive practice. If people could voluntarily choose to OPT IN for direct marketing, that would be fine. To force it upon everyone and make those who do NOT want it spend many wasted hours trying to stop is it wrong, unfair and unethical.

Jobs? Please spare me the twisted logic! Should we have more prisons because they create jobs? How many precious jobs will we have left after our ecosystem collapses and society fails due to our over-consumptive habits?

Do you even understand the habitat destruction that takes place daily so you can clip coupons for WalMart? We are in the midst of a man-made and very severe extinction event. Destroying old-growth forests for pulp is part of the problem. It is a form of insanity.

The post office should charge more money for the mail it delivers. If junk mailers had to pay the real cost, the post office would make MORE money, no less. Those who don’t want to pay the truth don’t have to – they can stop the destruction.

Seniors or those who don’t use computers can opt in all they want. It is a small minority, believe me.

I’m not interested in taking anything away from those who want it, but I will continue to fight to preserve our biosphere for those who deserve it most, the children and unborn who will come after us and the millions of other species who deserve to be here at least as much as we do. We must stop being so damn selfish.

Comment on Putting the Brakes on Junk Mail by cherie

cherie — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:25:47 +0000

another winner. have you used: dmachoice.orgbest, ~ c

Comment on Putting the Brakes on Junk Mail by Glen

Glen — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:13:01 +0000

Steve,

There is also a lot of good that is afforded from the junk mail and as accredited before, recycling is great and what is a shame is that there is not a law to recycle.

Junk mail provides jobs for the printers and distributers (can’t be made in China though), too bad.

Without junk mail the post office would either go broke or have to double our rates.

Unlike you, at least 50% of the reciepients of the so called junk mail are not computer or internet literate such as you are. The folks welcome the grocery store add papers so they can shop for bargins. By the way this helps with polution by keeping them from driving from store to store to FIND the best buys.

I know of seniors who look forward to their junk mail because it gives them something to look forward to.

I think this is enough for now.

This is one of the few times that I disagree with you.

Comment on Charging Ahead: Using Your Home to Fuel Your Car by Steve

Steve — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:55:54 +0000

That is a great accomplishment Richard! I’m hopeful that the home performance rehab industry will continue to expand to meet the needs of a much greater segment of our population. Everyone should have an opportunity to live in an efficient home that does not cost an arm and a leg to operate.