Yet another reason to go kilted!

[Nick]

Just read this. I guess we can add another way kilts are superior to most trousers!

http://www.slate.com/id/2151797/?nav=tap3&GT1=8805

Closet Case
The CO2 monster hiding in your wardrobe.
By Meaghan O'Neill and treehugger.com

Your closet may not be the first place you'd think to look to reduce your CO2 output. But clothing manufacture involves agriculture, industry, and commerce, so our fashion choices make a statement about greenhouse gasses as well as style.

Chances are that a good portion of what's hanging in your closet is made from cotton. The fiber is tough to grow, so cotton farmers use enormous amounts of energy-intensive, CO2-emitting chemicals and fertilizers. To produce one pair of regular cotton jeans takes three-quarters of a pound of fertilizers and pesticides. Each T-shirt takes one-third of a pound. The farming of organic fibers, by contrast, releases less CO2 into the air and uses 50 percent less energy. Cotton, hemp, bamboo, ramie, linen, and silk can all be grown organically. (And hemp and bamboo are pretty good for your CO2 count, even when they're not organic, because they need little if any fertilizer to grow.) Organic wool, alpaca, and cashmere are also excellent choices. So is lyocell, a textile made from wood pulp. Anything in your closet made of nylon, polyester, or acrylic, on the other hand, comes drenched in CO2-laden petroleum (not literally, but you get the idea).

Mindful of the growth of the organic-food market, manufacturers, such as Patagonia, Nike, Levi's, and even Wal-Mart are starting to buy organic textiles. In fact, demand for organic cotton far outstrips supply—only 6,577 acres of certified-organic cotton were planted in the United States last year, less than 0.05 percent of cotton acreage overall. (Even at that low rate, the United States, along with Turkey, is the world's largest producer of organic cotton.)

[setboy]

Just read this. I guess we can add another way kilts are superior to most trousers!

http://www.slate.com/id/2151797/?nav=tap3&GT1=8805

Closet Case
The CO2 monster hiding in your wardrobe.
By Meaghan O'Neill and treehugger.com

Your closet may not be the first place you'd think to look to reduce your CO2 output. But clothing manufacture involves agriculture, industry, and commerce, so our fashion choices make a statement about greenhouse gasses as well as style.

Chances are that a good portion of what's hanging in your closet is made from cotton. The fiber is tough to grow, so cotton farmers use enormous amounts of energy-intensive, CO2-emitting chemicals and fertilizers. To produce one pair of regular cotton jeans takes three-quarters of a pound of fertilizers and pesticides. Each T-shirt takes one-third of a pound. The farming of organic fibers, by contrast, releases less CO2 into the air and uses 50 percent less energy. Cotton, hemp, bamboo, ramie, linen, and silk can all be grown organically. (And hemp and bamboo are pretty good for your CO2 count, even when they're not organic, because they need little if any fertilizer to grow.) Organic wool, alpaca, and cashmere are also excellent choices. So is lyocell, a textile made from wood pulp. Anything in your closet made of nylon, polyester, or acrylic, on the other hand, comes drenched in CO2-laden petroleum (not literally, but you get the idea).

Mindful of the growth of the organic-food market, manufacturers, such as Patagonia, Nike, Levi's, and even Wal-Mart are starting to buy organic textiles. In fact, demand for organic cotton far outstrips supply—only 6,577 acres of certified-organic cotton were planted in the United States last year, less than 0.05 percent of cotton acreage overall. (Even at that low rate, the United States, along with Turkey, is the world's largest producer of organic cotton.)

good read!

Don't most kilt makers use polyester thread? Is the wool organic?


sorry, just thinking out loud

[corbinj]

Some wool is organicly produced, all of it grows on sheep. Living things are usually considered carbon neutral, however animals like sheep and cows (herbivores) produce huge amounts of methane, another carbon heavy green house gas. They may not have considered that in their story.. So I say wear kilts and eat hebivores SAVE THE PLANET!! he he

[McClef]

Just make certain you don't put the mint sauce on the wrong item!

[Blu (Ontario)]

Before we all nod in unison, let's keep in mind this story will be very slanted in its point of view. Cotton producers no doubt have a convincing rebuttal in support of their industry.

That's the skeptic in me speaking.

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[AnimalK]

What if I produce large amounts of methane?...

Does the kilt assist in dispersing or trapping this greenhouse gas?...

[David Dalglish]

What if I produce large amounts of methane?...

Does the kilt assist in dispersing or trapping this greenhouse gas?...

Trapping it, as this is what keeps you warm in the winter

[MacWage]

A leading emiter of CO2->


HUMANS!!!!!
The CO2 monster staring at you in the bathroom mirror!

Consume O2 and emit CO2 with each breath

One solution to limiting CO2 emitions:

kill all humans and all wildlife





CO2 consumers= PLANTS!!!!!!
LIKE cotton plants and other agriculture.




What we need is a balance of plant and wildlife so O2 plant emitions and O2 consumption equates human and animal CO2 emitions and O2 consumption. (yes, I know that the article is about non-animal CO2 emitions that come from cotton production).



I'll stop before I pick an off topic fight.


As for Organic, so are arsenic and hemlock, neither of which are good for consumption.

[MacWage]

What if I produce large amounts of methane?...

Does the kilt assist in dispersing or trapping this greenhouse gas?...

GO CATTLE!!!!!!!