pudge's Journal: Terrorists Strike in Woodinville, WA

As reported by KING5, terrorists claiming to be from the Earth Liberation Front have burned down empty homes in Woodinville.

I have nothing much to say about this, because the criticism is obvious. I would like to point out that, apart from the obvious fact that this creates pollution and causes even more trees to be cut down, that using trees for houses is actually a good thing for the environment, provided they are older trees: they are mostly full of CO2 and we can cut them down and replace them with new trees that can suck up more CO2. But when you burn down a home, that releases the stored CO2.

Burning down homes is one of the worst things you can do for the environment: far worse than building them in the first place. But terrorists don't really care much for facts.

Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.

On top of the wood...

[FroMan]

On top of the wood, there is also the plastics and metals which also are burned releasing even more bad stuff into the air and water. Then all of the industry which goes into making everything again is bound to release more than a little bit of bad stuff.

I hope the police are able to find the folks who did this and find a nice heavy book to throw at them.

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[multimed]

But they're sending a message. And certain people, certain groups, certain causes are allowed to use any means because their ends are noble.

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[FroMan]

Great message and methods. "I want to protect the environment which I will do by making a small scale environmental disaster."