Paducah Home Theater Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth In case you ever wanted to see what the byproduct of smart phones, flat screen TV's, catalytic converters, and speaker magnets looked like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 China's great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Ugh! There must be better ways to refine neo magnet's and polish cell phone screens. As for the neo, why not crush and use magnets to remove the material from the ore? Why chemicals? Perhaps if the neodymium were removed by magnet a bit more effectively, the purification process could be on a much smaller scale, and the toxics which are resulted will be small enough to mitigate with other treatments or uses. As for polishing smart phones, what's wrong with aluminum oxide? To me, this is all antiquated technology driven by costs. We have as much rare-earth mineral domestically in North America. I'm sure we are better stewards of the ecology than the Chinese. It sounds like it could be a nice industry for one or more of the America's to get into. Heck with China. let's do it ourselves, and do it right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 if this is the byproduct of the manufacturing process and the rejected materials -then we have a big problem - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OO1 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Ugh! There must be better ways to refine neo magnet's and polish cell phone screens. As for the neo, why not crush and use magnets to remove the material from the ore? Why chemicals? Perhaps if the neodymium were removed by magnet a bit more effectively, the purification process could be on a much smaller scale, and the toxics which are resulted will be small enough to mitigate with other treatments or uses. As for polishing smart phones, what's wrong with aluminum oxide? To me, this is all antiquated technology driven by costs. We have as much rare-earth mineral domestically in North America. I'm sure we are better stewards of the ecology than the Chinese. It sounds like it could be a nice industry for one or more of the America's to get into. Heck with China. let's do it ourselves, and do it right! China produces it for us - and pollutes it's cities so we dont have to pollute our own - if we produced it , we would have the same end result - -the only way to clean this up is to levy a recycling fee on every item they sell in order to have the funds to industrialize the recycling of these toxic rejects - the stuff does dry up and what you see is just the top layer - these particles are toxic and the people in these factories are eventually going to be sick with deadly deceases and problems with new borns , genetic defects - etc - we have to help - as the planet is indirectly polluting their environment for us to enjoy the latest - this is just the tip of the iceberg , scenes like these are all over China -with all of their industries polluting their country - China is the world's manufacturer ,and that only comes at a price - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 China's great... China is the world 's biggest manufacturer - pollution is a byproduct - they know how to make it - but they dont know how to clean it up - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 It will stunt their growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 China is pure filth and when the air finally becomes un breathable, what will they do? Our head cheese in charge will likely invite them all over to live and take care of our stray dog problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 It will stunt their growth. it has not so far , they have no limit as to how much they can pollute their own people - we just hired a Chinese person and he mentionned that in his city ,in the winter , the snow is black - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 China is pure filth and when the air finally becomes un breathable, what will they do? Our head cheese in charge will likely invite them all over to live and take care of our stray dog problem. no humanity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 China is pure filth and when the air finally becomes un breathable, what will they do? Our head cheese in charge will likely invite them all over to live and take care of our stray dog problem. no humanity Oh, I didn't post the bad pictures of what they do to pets, don't want inject too much reality on the leaders here or ruin anyone's week. You said it. I know many there are doing what they have to do to survive, but there are so many that have no soul whatsoever. Asia in general is pure filth and its a shame because there so much beauty in the landscapes over there. We are very lucky to be in the US of A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) China is pure filth and when the air finally becomes un breathable, what will they do? Our head cheese in charge will likely invite them all over to live and take care of our stray dog problem. no humanity Oh, I didn't post the bad pictures of what they do to pets, don't want inject too much reality on the leaders here or ruin anyone's week. You said it. I know many there are doing what they have to do to survive, but there are so many that have no soul whatsoever. Asia in general is pure filth and its a shame because there so much beauty in the landscapes over there. We are very lucky to be in the US of A. I have watched their incredible growth since the 80's , I have seen bare villages become huges cities in a matter of 1 year , aeroports are dug out of the water , skycrapers are built like we build homes , they are a non-stop machine ,in fact we are asleep in the West in comparison - Edited April 6, 2015 by Randyh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason str Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Makes you want to run out and buy some new headphones & reference series speakers. Edited April 6, 2015 by jason str 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Makes you want to run out and buy some new headphones & reference series speakers. Makes you want to run out and buy some new headphones & reference series speakers. or Orange juice from concentrate , vitamins -etc - they also produce food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Do you think the leaders of China enjoy the filth? What gets me is that some of the wisest people in the world are living in China right now. They are west of the industrialization. What I don't understand is how money always wins out over wisdom in China. It has for eons. Take for example the plight of the ShaoLin. I am saddened by what this is doing to our great planet. I am sure the monks there are saddened also. Edited April 6, 2015 by mustang guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) ok dup Edited April 6, 2015 by mustang guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Do you think the leaders of China enjoy the filth? What gets me is that some of the wisest people in the world are living in China right now. They are west of the industrialization. What I don't understand is how money always wins out over wisdom in China. It has for eons. Take for example the plight of the ShaoLin. I am saddened by what this is doing to our great planet. I am sure the monks there are saddened also. Apparently yes, yes they do. At the expense of child labor and under paid, over worked people that are a few steps from paid slaves. Most of them rejoicing to have the space to live that would cover the area of an Americans clothes washer and dryer. At the same time we reap the benefits of dirt cheap, disposable electronics and circus trinkets that some poor individual has built or created. All along US companies get richer and richer exploiting this cheap labor and manufactured parts over there that build the crap we buy. The US manu jobs are gone, but the products imported are much cheaper than we could build by far, cant have it both ways. So yes, IMO, its safe to say the filth starts at the top of the food chain over there, pretty much the same thing here too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 yeap... that's the china I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth In case you ever wanted to see what the byproduct of smart phones, flat screen TV's, catalytic converters, and speaker magnets looked like. Nope, never did, nor ever will... Edited April 7, 2015 by Sancho Panza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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