I WOULD LIKE TO DEFINE TWO IMPORTANT CONCEPTS THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE TALKING ABOUT REGARDLESS OF OCCUPATION AND ECONOMIC STATUS:
CONSERVATION- THE PRESERVATION AND CAREFUL MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ENVIRONMENTALISM- A SOCIAL MOVEMENT THAT SEEKS TO INFLUENCE THE POLITICAL PROCESS BY LOBBYING, ACTIVISM, AND EDUCATION IN ORDER TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS.
Most people care about the environment and want to protect it but are becoming more and more skeptical of the "solutions" being touted by media types and politicians. I think that conservation is a deeply held value but most of us are growing weary of the politics of environmentalism.
Over the last few weeks we have seen the "Electric Zamboni" green solution fail in the Vancouver Olympics, endangering our speed skaters.
We have learned that the USA is not the only country appointing unqualified "Czars." Australia has appointed a has been Rock-n-Roller as environmental minister. He is best known for touting a new kind of "green" building insulation, which has already electrocuted four installers, caused 93 home fires, and created over 1,000 unsafe roofs. (He was demoted but not fired by the Prime Minister.)
I cannot tell you how many Al Gore jokes I heard this winter from friends tired of shoveling record snowfalls. It looks like the world just missed a massive, fraud-induced carbon tax touted by churlish academics in England that were motivated by grant money paid for by US taxpayers.
Despite the overwhelming fraud, incompetence and deception of many "green solutions." I recently I learned of a company that is dedicated to converting the waste stone from countertop fabrication into beautiful, salable product. I have looked into it and it seems to me that they have a good idea and a reasonable way of accomplishing it. I think it is legitimate and could do a lot of good for the industry.
The company is called Waste to Value. They are located in Nashville and have invented a machine that can be used to make building tiles from slab waste. The machine is inexpensive and does not require special tooling or limit the output to certain shapes. Most shops experience slab waste between 15-25%. Turning waste into salable product rather than hauling it to landfills just seems to be a better idea.
I showed the "output" to several people and the tile produced seems to really have a "wow factor." It's useful, decorative, and can add a valuable product offering for shops in this struggling economy.
If you are curious, stop by Booth #2497 at the Coverings show this April and meet the inventor. He will be happy to explain his machine and process.
Thanks for reading,Rich Hassert
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