Happyfeet
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Does Jesus look kindly on us light burners?
By Hank Haines
Every Christmas has its Ebenezer Scrooge. If you ain’t got one, you help yourself to me.
We are living in a post-industrial world affecting a 19th century habituation.
Take Christmas outdoor lights. You got ‘em. I got ‘em. But they are a guilty pleasure, responsible for carbon dioxide, which is bad stuff. And coal, which is not good stuff but is getting better . . . somewhat.
The number of Americans with asthma has doubled since 1986, according to the Center of Disease Control. The incidence of allergies has been tremendous, especially among children. And these days one of every 13 schoolchildren in the US is asthmatic.
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Every Christmas has its Ebenezer Scrooge. If you ain’t got one, you help yourself to me.
We are living in a post-industrial world affecting a 19th century habituation.
Take Christmas outdoor lights. You got ‘em. I got ‘em. But they are a guilty pleasure, responsible for carbon dioxide, which is bad stuff. And coal, which is not good stuff but is getting better . . . somewhat.
The number of Americans with asthma has doubled since 1986, according to the Center of Disease Control. The incidence of allergies has been tremendous, especially among children. And these days one of every 13 schoolchildren in the US is asthmatic.
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