tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post1605011146657165852..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: Rant, rant, rantTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-41978569498162183772009-06-24T13:09:42.503+10:002009-06-24T13:09:42.503+10:00Maybe they should start making shows abouta scary ...Maybe they should start making shows abouta scary monster called Big-Carbon-Foot?<br /><br />(my word verification is "degree" I think it's saying that this is a smart idea. To a degree.)Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-25097632652905146312009-06-24T13:08:14.101+10:002009-06-24T13:08:14.101+10:00I have a small foot so I think of my carbon footpr...I have a small foot so I think of my carbon footprint as a little one!<br /><br />So via Baron's logic I would be doing better if I ate a very big chocolate covered tree?<br /><br />I can do that.Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-9471129366384871392009-06-23T23:06:29.618+10:002009-06-23T23:06:29.618+10:00Dearest Baron - I am less of a biochemist. Your in...Dearest Baron - I am less of a biochemist. Your information seems accurate now that I think on it - treetrunks-carbon-coal-diamonds.<br /><br />Bushfires are clearly more of an atmospheric nightmare than I previously thought.<br /><br />The branding 'carbon footprint' irritated me a lot. How many low-watt globes do I have to buy to cancel out the floodlights at so many football grounds from Melbourne to Manangatang?<br /><br />peace and love to youBwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-54386778906774757232009-06-23T20:51:02.078+10:002009-06-23T20:51:02.078+10:00I'm no biochemist, Brownie, but here's my ...I'm no biochemist, Brownie, but here's my understanding of the tree/atmosphere dynamic: the tree consumes carbon dioxide; it stores the carbon and releases the oxygen; if the tree is burned or decomposes, the carbon is released as carbon dioxide. But T makes a nice point, that all organic things contain carbon, so my attempt to claim that carbon isn't a consumable was schtupid. I'll now return to my navel.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-406166273824372492009-06-23T16:22:55.556+10:002009-06-23T16:22:55.556+10:00Hooray! Better put on my bow tie! I'm being fe...Hooray! Better put on my bow tie! I'm being featured on the FOOD DIRECTORY!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-82962441528173337982009-06-23T16:06:20.818+10:002009-06-23T16:06:20.818+10:00Hi,
We have just added your latest post "Hea...Hi,<br /><br />We have just added your latest post "Healthy Diet Plan" to our <a href="http://www.foodnrecipes.info" rel="nofollow"> Food Directory </a> . You can check the inclusion of the post <a href="http://foodnrecipes.info/story.php?title=healthy-diet-plan-2" rel="nofollow"> here </a> . We are delighted to invite you to submit all your future posts to the <a href="http://www.foodnrecipes.info" rel="nofollow"> directory </a> for getting a huge base of visitors to your website and gaining a valuable backlink to your site.<br /><br /><br />Warm Regards<br /><br />foodnrecipes.info Team<br /><br />http://www.foodnrecipes.infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-47588239522523342722009-06-23T12:12:12.723+10:002009-06-23T12:12:12.723+10:00I think people generally talk about consumption of...I think people generally talk about consumption of products that are have carbon dioxide emitted in the process of their being produced, but I was a bit sloppy in my use of words there.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-46773426405186056902009-06-23T11:55:33.094+10:002009-06-23T11:55:33.094+10:00That was no 'rant' - it was just brilliant...That was no 'rant' - it was just brilliant logic.<br /><br />There's no 'fair trade' mentioned at the many $2 shops successfully flogging the endless flow of crap from Chinese child-labor factories.<br />(that list includes Bunnings by the way - all Made In China)<br /><br />Baron Von Harlot: have I been wrong all this time I thought that trees ate the carbon dioxide and gave us back oxygen in return?<br />More trees gets rid of more carbon is the delusion I have been under.<br /><br />re marketing to the public: <br />every bit of it is lies and corruption, bar nothing.<br /><br />One of my favourite healthy food items (ORGRAN brand buckwheat flour) is no longer carried by UNSafeway, who have replaced it with a falsely labelled own-product (which I will not buy as it has evil additives).<br />Very soon it will be too late to turn back this evil food tide.<br />Dairy farmers are swindled badly by Big-Food Marketing.BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-4586793085403371552009-06-23T11:27:24.531+10:002009-06-23T11:27:24.531+10:00In this case 'carbon' refers to 'carbo...In this case 'carbon' refers to 'carbon dioxide', which is another slightly misleading phrase that's used, since an element (carbon on its own) is very different from a molecule (ie, carbon dioxide), and different molecules containing carbon are very different. <br /><br />Which is all a roundabout way of saying that just about every chocolate bar and bowl of icecream that you do eat probably contains carbon. So consume away!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-54200241773611717382009-06-23T11:10:50.128+10:002009-06-23T11:10:50.128+10:00If the carbon was tasty enough, I'd consume it...If the carbon was tasty enough, I'd consume it. It's just that they haven't marketed nice chocolate flavoured carbon desserts at me, or none that are better and cheaper than the non-carbon ones. They really need to do a better job in that department.Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-87732443736075975362009-06-23T08:48:54.991+10:002009-06-23T08:48:54.991+10:00There was a study done in Britan a few years ago t...There was a study done in Britan a few years ago that seemed to demonstrate that supermarkets did do that... marking up prices on certain brands would be one of their regular tricks anyway, so I'd say the same thing happens in Australia. <br /><br />Reading over this rant now I feel like getting into a good hearty argument with myself, since, although I agree with my main thesis, I'm now not 100 per cent sure if I should have brought in all those euphemisms as examples of it. Another good instance of why I should avoid cranky old man rants - except about the really important things, like the size of chocolate bars, or the holes in my comfy red socks.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-22290504806858763072009-06-23T08:41:37.452+10:002009-06-23T08:41:37.452+10:00Is that true, that supermarkets put a higher mark ...Is that true, that supermarkets put a higher mark up on fair trade products than on non-fair trade products?Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-15002282493837554242009-06-23T08:40:24.825+10:002009-06-23T08:40:24.825+10:00Re paragraph 4: it's not that we consume carbo...Re paragraph 4: it's not that we consume carbon; it's that we produce it; or actually, that we release it from its cosy storage places (e.g., trees, coal seams, etc) into the atmosphere.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-41816571048078217472009-06-22T20:57:02.636+10:002009-06-22T20:57:02.636+10:00That was pretty good, actually. Remarkably reason...That was pretty good, actually. Remarkably reasonable for a rant.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-73097060329971701412009-06-22T20:42:53.564+10:002009-06-22T20:42:53.564+10:00Apologies for the boring political rant - back to ...Apologies for the boring political rant - back to my irregularly scheduled inanities soon.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.com