The Waste-Pickers of Delhi

People are living in destitution like this to support U.S. freedom [of consumer choice]. They are the [forcibly conscripted] heroes of our [neo]liberty!

It is quite a shame that, like in many aspects of the recent spins on the "green" movement, the world bank (our hero) has kindly shown us the wonderful offsets we can obtain from such measures. Interesting how the argument goes, valiantly saving us from a more potent ghg enemy and helping the west feel better about itself in its refusal to abandon destructive ways. I would be curious to know how the CDM postulate could be further extended to the life cycle of the landfilling process. What about all that embedded energy in the materials that are being salvaged? Isn't their reprocessing more economical that extracting raw resources? And wouldn't separate management of the organic waste streams (ok, easier said than done) eliminate or substantially reduce the generation of methane in the anaerobic setting as well as provide benefical compost that could in turn provide nutrients to help them grow their own food? The point is there are way better possible manners to deal with this issue than incinerating. That is not to say that letting people fester in squalor is acceptable, but taking away the only thing they have that allows them to survive while claiming the way of doing it is an acceptable emissions reduction measure is preposterous.

How ironic, if those kids were sitting in a building, picking through debris for some Wal-mart purpose, you or your buddies would be screaming "sweat shop!" and "boycott Wal-mart!". Hard to take this rag seriously when it's not consistant.

This sad. they know how to live in amaerican people do this all the time.
We recycle, I recycle.

I rarely respond to responses but yours simply REEKS of the western arrogance born of privilege. No one is making YOU personally responsible, just be humbly grateful that your circumstances in life are a gift that can easily be taken away.

Until you have been to India and seen their ancient ways of life firsthand, you know squat. It is idealistic and callous to blame "these people" for choosing their birth conditions. They are performing an ancient service to survive ~ NOT asking for handouts. It is a shame, but one does what one must do to survive if one is not so privileged as yourself.

Perhaps in your next incarnation you should choose to be born in their circumstances to learn a little compassion and humanity. Or, perhaps Garbage Mountain in the Philippines.

Yes birth control education is a good idea, however, do you propose to let these current people just die as the poor are being killed off in Africa? Progress is not always a good thing when it negatively affects human beings just for dollars.

I imagine you are all for eugenics and that lovely NWO goal of reducing the world population by 80% too. Don't worry, you stand as much chance as the rest of us to survive that one. Where will your facetiousness be then?

In the meantime, it would bode you well to develop a modicum of compassion for the brothers and sisters with whom you share this planet. Otherwise you come across as unbelievably arrogant. Oh, did I mention selfish too?

To Bharati Chaturvedi,Concerning toxic incineration for electricity.
As someone who provides enducation to the waste-pickers; you might want to educate them on the point of law that they are in a perfect position to put together a class action suit against the incineration co. This co. is engaging in informed "reckless endangerment".

am always concern alll about garbage ,who can make earth cry..