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March 21, 2008
The Chico Kup
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| Image: Day 3 of being sustainable dawned with
a great idea that may change the world.
Day 3 of being sustainable dawned with several significant happenings. First, I collected my shower water in a bucket and used it to make Krusty's pancakes for the whole family. It felt good to not just let the water go down the drain. The pancakes were a little soapy tasting, and all of us had a short bout of hallucinations. That was fun. Anyway, while "tripping the light fantastic" I came up with a great sustainable product. It's called the Chico Kup. I'm selling them for $29.95 (that's Canadian dollars). Below are some of the ideas I had for advertising the Chico Kup. Oh, I don't want to forget this. Since I've been sustainable I've noticed additional facial hair growth. It's not much, but it is unusual for me. I'll have to keep an eye on this. |
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| Spotlight: In Hot Water: Scientists looking for ocean warming expected by global warming models can't seem to find it. Since 2003 a fleet of diving robots has measured a slight decrease in ocean temperatures. From the story... "Unfortunately, we don't have adequate tracking of clouds to determine exactly what role they've been playing during this period," Trenberth says. It's also possible that some of the heat has gone even deeper into the ocean, he says. Or it's possible that scientists need to correct for some other feature of the planet they don't know about. It's an exciting time, though, with all this new data about global sea temperature, sea level and other features of climate. What I find alarming about this story is that scientists interviewed appeared willing to ignore data and reach for unknown "features" to accomodate a belief that the earth is warming, when the oceans are not. The overall impression I got was that the researchers would find a way to make the data fit their pre-defined conclusions. That's not science. |
 CI Challenge: Can you guess what it is? Winner: Rainman Squarepants, scourge of Bikini Bottom. See comments below for the answer. |
Posted by Lon at March 21, 2008 07:02 AM
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CIC: The Krusty Krab
*I had to ask my 8 year old.
ps. guessing the CIC correctly makes my smug meter go way up.
Posted by: rainman at March 21, 2008 07:16 AM
I'm going to have to buy me one of those. Perfect for slummin' it at the roach coach. Also a nice thing to bring along to the officially unofficial disc golf course in upper park... It a long walk to the rest rooms you know.
ps.
I'm feeling smug just to be commenter #2... Uh, no pun intended.
Posted by: Mark H at March 21, 2008 07:42 AM
Sustainable Lon, you are truly an amazing inventor and saviour of the earth.
There are many other wasteful things we use that require your vision and creativity and care for Gaia.
Maybe you should turn your attention to bags. We have some many life choking, evil icons of petroleum, plastic bags that we are killing the earth!
We need a better bag, a Chico Bag. To show the world that we aren't just about partying, and nuclear free zones, and sustainable over-priced public art.
Deliver us from evil, sustainable Lon.
Yeah that's the ticket.
Posted by: Anthony at March 21, 2008 07:45 AM
Regarding your spotlight, this may help you understand where Kenneth Trembert is coming from:
"It is difficult to convince a man of something if his paycheck depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
However, I think Gaia is going to keep kicking these folks in the seat of the pants over the next few years until they get the message. Unfortunately, I expect the downtown in our climate will do far more damage than Kyoto could ever have done.
Posted by: Anthony at March 21, 2008 07:51 AM
These scientists just aren't measuring the temperatures deep enough.
We're all spinning at a thousand miles an hour on an 8000 mile across ball of molten metal while floating on a thin crust of dirt.
Now THAT'S scary!
Posted by: Gregg Payne at March 21, 2008 08:56 AM
Lon,
I fear your smugness is about to outweigh your happiness. Please don't allow this to happen, I don't want to see a fence around Sherwood.
Re Hot Water: If only those "scientists" could locate their thermometers on a rooftop or parking lot in Atlantis they might achieve their desired results.
Posted by: Sean at March 21, 2008 09:33 AM
Mark H.,
You've got some great Chico Kup ideas, we might need you on the marketing team.
For the rest of you I'm proud to announce that the Chico Kup R&D team just finished testing the Chico Kup as an athletic supporter. Its new space age design mimics the crumple zones of today's automobiles when an impact is suffered.
If you've got teenage boys in organized sports you need the Chico Kup.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at March 21, 2008 09:39 AM
Gregg,
I would point out that the Chico Kup is made entirely of recyclable non-ferrous material. It will not impact the magnetic field created by a spinning globe of lava.
Also, the Chico Kup is made locally from trees destroyed in the last storm.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at March 21, 2008 09:41 AM
Sean,
True sustainable people are both smug and happy. Well, we're as happy as one can be knowing the earth is being destroyed.
I wonder if you can build a fence out Chico Kups?
Lon
Posted by: Lon at March 21, 2008 09:45 AM
Lon you should expand your work on the Chico Kup beyond athletic supporters...there is a whole other realm of sustainable supportability to consider.
Posted by: Anthony at March 21, 2008 10:37 AM
Lon,
Have you contacted Toyota yet? I bet you could get the Chico Kup to be an accessory that comes standard with every new Prius. That would make those Prius buyer's smug meter go off the charts.
Posted by: rainman at March 21, 2008 12:37 PM
Lon,
Your having auto withdrawl syndrome. up all night. extreme creative desire. It goes away over time.
This will help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S18LCISRm4
Mike
Posted by: Mike Trolinder at March 21, 2008 12:50 PM
Yes, the CIC is the Krusty Krab where Spongebob Squarepants works as a fry-cook for Mr. Krabs. It's located in Bikini Bottom just across the road from the Chum Bucket.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at March 21, 2008 08:53 PM