On Feb 8, 9:39*am, Andre Jute <fiul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 8, 3:04 pm, Peter Cole <peter_c...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >http://www.bamboobike.org/Home.html
>
> > "In this project, we will examine the feasibility of employing native
> > bamboo for the bicycle frames, instead of the expensive and technically
> > demanding carbon fiber material, or even the less expensive but also
> > technically demanding aluminum or chromium-molybdenum steel that is
> > commonly used to build bicycle frames."
>
> > Why does this remind me of the old SNL skit "Fondue Pots for Namibia"?
>
> Actually, I think the Caffee initiative in a continent particularly
> short of steelmaking plants is laudable. Compare this confession of
> linguistic crimes from an official do-gooder who deliberately confuses
> science and political correctness in her pursuit of her religious
> fanataticism:
>
> Dr Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO: "Up to now the polar bear
> has been the poster child for CC. *We must use every scientifically
> sound and politically correct mechanism in the book to convince
> leaders that humanity really is the most important species endangered
> by CC."
>
> WHO is the World Health Organization, a body that *about once every
> decade gets something right, which in the bureaucratic mess of the UN
> is an exemplary record. CC is apparently Climate Chaos. Dr Margaret
> Chan tells us she thinks it doesn't matter whether people believe her
> as a scientist (if she is -- there is no evidence of it here) or
> because she pushes the politically correct guilt button. That makes
> her "science" as suspect as the mantras of a swami, and turns her
> crusade into one of religion and faith rather than science. People
> like Dr Chan are more dangerous to our welfare than Al Qaeda; they
> waste vast swathes of money on stupidities like Kyoto, which by itself
> consumes enough resources to bring basic health and fresh water and
> primary education (the necessary compost for investment to grow in) to
> the entire Third World. Al Queda kills a few thousand; Kyoto will fail
> to save tens or hundreds of millions with those wasted resources.
> Which is the genocide?
>
> At least Mr Caffee shows a few people, who can show others, how to
> make transport with available resources. Transport is mobility and a
> way to earn money, and travel reduces tribal tensions in a continent
> quite ruined by tribal wars. He starts small and leaves off the grand,
> empty words which achieve nothing. He'll achieve more than Dr Chan. So
> what else is new at the UN?
>
> "You don't have to give a lot. Three Euro buys a poor African a
> latte." -- trendy collecting at my front door.
>
Hmmm, Dr. Margaret Chan is credited with confronting "the first human
outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997. She successfully defeated
the spate of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in
2003. She also launched new services to prevent disease and promote
better health."
http://www.who.int/dg/en/
Seems like she's achieved quite a bit.
However, I agree that Craig Calfee efforts are definitely laudable and
he should be commended!
(Note, there may be bias on my part as I'm an owner of a 1997 Calfee
tetra custom frame and LOVE IT!)