Sandy asks…
Do any American grocery stores have plastic carrier bags?
…because in the UK nearly every store uses plastic carrier bags and in American movies and TV shows i have mostly seen them using brown paper bags. Also, Plastic carrier bags seem to be more convenient as they are stronger, water proof and have handles you can hold. Why don’t America use the plastic ones? Is it an environmental issue?
The Expert answers:
Most grocery stores in the U.S. Give you the option of paper or plastic. Almost all department stores use plastic. The only thing I think paper bags are good for is keeping cold and frozen foods cold while you travel home.
Michael asks…
are two stroke street legal sport bikes popular in America?
the place where I am from (far east), there are a lot of people who are interested in two stroke sport bikes like RGV, TZR, NSR250 or 125. I rarely see those two stroke bikes on American Ebay or other american motorcycle website. Is that because there is some kind of policies against two strokes for the environmental issue? I wonder if I can get an used two stroke sport bike like Aprilia RS125, or Honda NSR125 in America for daily transportation. I think those single cylinder two stroke bikes are easy to take care of, light, beautiful, and have just enough power if you ride in cities.
And.. roughly how much would a two stroke 125 or 250 cost?
Thanks guys…. maybe I just have to adjust myself to those four strokes. But I really miss the feeling of riding a screaming and smoking YAMAHA TZR250 flying on street.
The Expert answers:
Two-stroke street bikes are not sold here due to emissions regulations. Same with dirt bikes, soon if not already. The last 2-stroke sport bike widely available here was the Yamaha RZ350. The 1970’s was about the last time you had a wide choice of 2-strokes. The kawasaki triples of that era were fast and evil-handling. The Suzuki triples were relatively refined and handled decently.
My first bike was a Yamaha 2-stroke twin, and I rode a Bultaco Metralla extensively in the ’60s. More recently I have had a number of east European 2-strokes. I still run an MZ, a CZ dirt bike, and a Puch split single. You can still find them for sale, but very few riders run them for daily transportation. Modern 2-strokes, even from the gray market, are almost unheard-of here.
Ruth asks…
How low will wages go before our government begins to consider the economic welfare of her citizens?
The general level of wages in the USA continues to decline in line with the export of jobs, factories and industries to foreign countries. The government insists that American companies meet certain safety, environmental, regulatory and political regulations, but place no such restrictions on foreign firms. Our government claims that this “free trade” is good for world, but what about America?
The issue of illegal immigration contributes to our declining wage scale, but our governmnent refuses to do anything about the illegals whose sheer volume have cut a wide path of economic distress through millions of good paying jobs. I once had many friends who worked construction and made enough money to buy a house and raise a family. Today, one must be a job foreman in order to provide the same standard and then must be bilingual in order to be considered for the job.
It appears the moneyed powers who control our governmnent and profit from our distress have a firm lock on our future.
So many pompous and arrogant Americans—you have completely missed the point of the question. You deserve your futures!
The Expert answers:
We live in a representative democracy. Our representatives will not be re-elected if the economic welfare of the citizenry is not maintained. The wealthy of this country sometimes forget that without the infrastructure that the government provides wealth itself would not exist. The wealthy are only a small portion of the population. The rest of the population will out vote the wealthy to get the government to get a more level playing field.
Richard asks…
I need help on this Geography question!! Thanks!!?
Okay… so in geography it says…
**Select an environmental issue faced by the countries of this region. Write a brief essay describing the problems presented by each issue and possible solutions to these problems.
I am studying South America and here are the issues..
*ISSUE
Land-
*PROMLEM
loss of farmland
land degradation
ownership rights
*CAUSE
erosion
industrialization
urbanization
agricultural expansion
population increase
*POSIBLE SOLUTION
sustainable land management practices
public awareness
So can you please right an little essay for that? Thanks so much!! I really appriciate it!! 🙂
The Expert answers:
R u serious? Wow
Joseph asks…
How do you think we can increase the environmental efficiency of Americas fastest growing community type?
In America, suburban sprawl is occuring at a rapid pace. While high density urban living and low density rural living are intrinsically more ecologically friendly, suburban life poses a whole new set of issues to deal with. What ideas do you have to “green up” the suburbs?
The Expert answers:
This is difficult, because the suburbs by design are far away from where people work and shop. While the green expanses of lawn do prevent water runoff that a parking lot wouldn’t, grass is still a monoculture that does little to benefit wildlife and much to pollute when it needs a shave.
Still there are ways… There are always ways…
I like your term ‘environmental efficiency’. To me that means how to allow ecosystems to coexist with people in suburbs. By replanting native trees cleared when the suburb was created (why must they always do that? Never mind, i know the answer) homeowners can recreate a portion of the local ecosystem. If there were marshes before, create basins to simulate them. Replicate nature. Plant and manage small garden plots and fruit bearing trees, instead of large expanses of grass. Not only will the wildlife be less affected by abrupt changes in the landscape, but the land values will be affected positively by these changes.
Design suburbs with adequate shopping and job opportunities, so residents won’t have to spend 90 minutes in their cars every day. Shade trees and parkways vs six lane ‘boulevards’? Mass transit opportunities? All bonuses when planning and constructing ‘new’ communities… And ‘existing’ rights of way and structures need not be affected, because there are few or none.
Suburbs offer opportunities for sound planning that are hard to implement in existing cities. If we look at them as chances to make fresh starts, they don’t seem quite as scary environmentally.
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