Anyone giving up carbon for Lent?

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Apart from the bogus nature of the concern for a harmless gas, I wonder how they’ll convert last year’s Palm Sunday fronds into this year’s Ash Wednesday soot.

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Carbon? I don’t have any carbon. - checks pockets - Nope, no carbon. Oh wait, I am exhaling carbon dioxide. Does that count?

Trees need it you know 😃

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The “recommendation” for Friday, February 19th, is to “go meatless” to reduce your carbon footprint. It neglects to mention that Fridays in Lent are meatless by law, not by luxury of choice.
 
Carbon? Sure I got some on my forehead.

Oh, no! What’s the carbon footprint of millions of parishes around the world burning all burning palms for Ash Wednesday? :eek:
 
Bubba_Switzler said:
According to the newsletter, “the Archdiocese of Washington’s Environmental Outreach Committee has created a particularly useful new tool: a calendar that lists 40 carbon-fasting measures individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint.” The newsletter provides a link to the full calendar.

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I was going to make a crack about not emitting any methane for six weeks, and doubting if I could hold out for that long, but I decided it was a bit tastless, so I didn’t.
 
You know what I might give up for lent.

Beating up on left wing greenies
 
JRPO said:
You know what I might give up for lent.

Beating up on left wing greenies
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Ah that was pretty much the perfect remark. Such style! I can’t remember when I read something funnier …
 
Stylites said:
Apart from the bogus nature of the concern for a harmless gas, I wonder how they’ll convert last year’s Palm Sunday fronds into this year’s Ash Wednesday soot.
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Other than that carbon is not a gas - and CO is not harmless, but toxic and deadly, the burning of Palm Sunday fronds as a pollutant doesn’t come close to the pollution that could be prevented by other “green” moves.
 
How about these politicians take their own advice stop talking for a change? That would cut down on a lot of carbon dioxide. 😉
 
WestonGrant said:
How about these politicians take their own advice stop talking for a change? That would cut down on a lot of carbon dioxide. 😉
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Yes. Besides that, the hot air coming out of the nations’ capitals is only helping to raise the earth’s temperature.
 
Stylites said:
I wonder how they’ll convert last year’s Palm Sunday fronds into this year’s Ash Wednesday soot.
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Here in the SF Bay Area, they have to contend with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which has already mandated that those of us who heat our homes with wood must refrain from doing so in “spare the air” nights, no matter the temperature out–unless your home has no access to electricity or natural gas as an alternative.

I sure hope the Archdiocese applied for a burn permit…
 
rlg94086 said:
Technically, that would be a carbon thumbprint. If it’s a footprint, your parish priest is doing it wrong…
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Hehe… too funny.

But I have to ask the question… are they recommending giving up carbon to make room for Jesus? or is it for environmental reasons?
 
praise_Jesus said:
Hehe… too funny.

But I have to ask the question… are they recommending giving up carbon to make room for Jesus? or is it for environmental reasons?
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I think it’s considered both. Since we are to be good stewards of the planet, there is nothing wrong with a “carbon fast.” The only item that is pretty funny is the posting for this Friday that says “go meat-free today.” We are supposed to do that anyway. 😛

We have been discussing composting with worms at our household. It sounds like Lent is a good time to do it.
 
rlg94086 said:
I think it’s considered both. Since we are to be good stewards of the planet, there is nothing wrong with a “carbon fast.” The only item that is pretty funny is the posting for this Friday that says “go meat-free today.” We are supposed to do that anyway. 😛

We have been discussing composting with worms at our household. It sounds like Lent is a good time to do it.
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Here in Sweden they are trying to make people stop composting with worms because it frees a lot of - that’s right - carbon.

Since I care about the environment without caring about global warming I keep on composting - my flowers like the soil and I rather like feeding the worms.
 
Rich_Olszewski said:
Other than that carbon is not a gas - and CO is not harmless, but toxic and deadly, the burning of Palm Sunday fronds as a pollutant doesn’t come close to the pollution that could be prevented by other “green” moves.
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While carbon is not a gas, CO2 and other so-called “greenhouse gases” are, and that is what the topic of junk science talks about when it uses the term “carbon footprint.” While CO2 is not harmless in high concentrations, being a trace element in the atmosphere, however, is where it is harmless to both humans and to climates. Even holy H2O can be poisonous if consumed in large enough quantities. 🤷

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Am I the only one who is cutting down my breathing by 25% for lent? 😃

In all seriousness it would be a good idea to cut down on using power for certain luxury items. But it shouldn’t be enviromentally motivated as that’s not what Lent is about.
 
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