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by Pablo_Kielbasa from Gone Global, baby!

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Why Droughts Can Be GOOD For You
Jul 8, 2007 | 6:35 PM
Category: Weather
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Ahhh...the sweet smell of...clean air?

 

With people counting carbon greenhouse gas emissions like a dieter counting calories these days, the current drought in Ohio will have some truly measurable environmentally friendly effects.

Tens of thousands of lawn mowers have been briefly silenced, as grass grows so slowly, and less deadly pesticides are sprayed as well. Fewer brave the heat to backyard barbecue, cutting hydrocarbon emissions from charcoal and propane.

 Less gasoline use also means lower prices as well, as the national reserve will grow.

More people spend time indoors, with the air conditioner on, but since the majority of Ohio's electricity is nuclear generated, this increased demand does not effect the environment one iota, at least hydrocarbon emission wise.

Of course too much of any good thing can be bad. Excessive drought can spawn wildfires and affect agriculture, not to mention life and limb. But drought is merely part of the cycle of weather on planet earth, and has been so for millenia. 

As odd as it sounds, droughts can be good for you!

 

 

 

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girlscout read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2007 | 9:58 AM

And you forgot the most important result of a drought - NO MOSQUITOS!!!!!
Zeeball read my blog view my photos
Jul 10, 2007 | 7:08 AM

Thanks Girlscout ! I'm allergic to the little boogers. Its been nice.
Pablo, I went through a fast food drive through the other day and the mulch was on fire from some careless fools cigarette butt! Got to be careful out there folks!! Another thing to be careful of, believe it or not, watch that you don't park your car over tall dry grass. Phoof! The catalytic converter on your car gets red hot. Many fires start like this in fall when people rake their leaves to the curb and cars park over them...
victim_of_society read my blog
Jul 11, 2007 | 2:00 PM

wellllllllll drought drought drought hmmmmm im just mad because you cant walk around bare foot because the grass is to dry and hard and the concrete is burning hotttt.....i hate shoes!!!!!
jedalex read my blog
Jul 13, 2007 | 10:43 PM

well at first i was thinking someone found something positive in a negative siutation and wouldnt you know someone found something to complain about. UNREAL
vehicle read my blog
Jul 15, 2007 | 8:38 AM

You cannot appreciate the good weather unless you know and experience the bad....
I mean after all the summer droughts we get to look forward to the onset of the beautiful crystal, like snow flakes that shine thru the sunrise like diamonds oh so brightly on the fogged up windshields with such blinding beauty creating such a rush going 60mph on the freeways...
The much needed (for some us) arobic, and cardio workout moving those beautiful diamonds so that we can meet our friends and neighbors at the local hotspot (gas station) to unload the extra cash and change we been saving for our kids education and yet in the most frigid temperatures the penguins would be jealous.
The best thing about it is it comes with the fury of the Gods and then in a week it melts and creates rivers that clean out the basements of so many homes.that probably would never get cleaned....( I mean how often does someone decide to clean out the basement ) with this...you dont have to think about doing it...You HAVE to do it...Then a week goes by..and the beautiful shiny diamonds appear again and again and again..and the basements get cleaned again and again and again.
See there is always something good that comes from something bad...
Always look to the bright side of things..
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