Grandma hates the environment and wants to make sure no one gets to enjoy it after she's gone
Typical Boomer
Unironically.
I just wanted to double check, and holy crap it's real:
How to fuck up the water table in your surrounding area real fast.
Fun fact, doing this could create a monetary liability far in excess of the value of your home and property.
The fuck has this to do with "science"? How were they this retarded only 60 years ago? I wonder how many really did that.
"Oil comes from the ground, so it must be okay"
"Out of sight, out of mind"
My grandfather used to drizzle his used motor oil along his fence to help control weeds.
I found that sentence as difficult to type as you might hope.
My great aunt used to spray gasoil on her potato plants to get rid of pests. I have no idea if it worked, but she had a lot of completely bonkers ideas.
I wouldn't eat those potatoes.
I just put it in the fuel tank of my old diesel car.
It's the same mindset that lead to using dispersants on the oil spilled by deep horizon. It's not about science, it's about dealing with a problem that has no easy good solution, so instead of a good solution, just something is done.
Oil companies probably thought that people would be more resistant to buying oil if it needed special effort to dispose of properly. Maybe they didn't even have a good way of dealing with it at that time and just hadn't dumped enough of it yet to realize that it would eventually run down into the water table. Though going by how they handled realizing that burning oil at all was going to have a huge effect on climate, they likely wouldn't have cared even if they did know.
Just like deep horizon wasn't an environmental problem for BP but a PR one, thus they selected solutions that looked like they were trying, that they shouldn't be liquidated to fund a real cleanup effort, and that new deep water oil wells were still worth the risk. Think of all the retirees that they are holding hostage because they put money towards funds that bought BP stock and derivatives!
Fossil fuel companies knew from the start burning it was bad. They have always known.
In the ocean? I like decent grandmas who want their car batteries properly d'esordio of.
Edit: disposed*
Yep, car batteries are mostly recyclable.
Lead acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate.
The youtube videos of the sweatshops in India/Pakistan where they do the recycling are riveting af.
When I'm broke and homeless I'm going to follow those videos step by step to recycle batteries. My apocalypse wilderness shelter is going to have electricity it'll be sick.
Don’t forget the part where you buy all of the extremely hazardous acid before the apocalypse.
And then remember to do the wiring of your shelter before you breath in all the acid and lead fumes.
Get the order wrong there and you’re just gonna burn all your tanks of acid.
That's exactly right. It's too hard and it doesn't work. Nobody should try to do this and should definitely leave any relevant supplies behind for not me to get to instead.
The Florida reprocessing plant was an absolute mess. So many people were getting ridiculous exposure levels from that place and dying young.
It's not disposal, it's d’esordio
I thought most grandmas knew that car batteries definitely belong in a beautiful blue ocean, especially ones with little to no car batteries. Is a life without throwing car batteries into the ocean even worth living? If you need someone to talk to, or even just to go throw car batteries into an ocean with HMU.
Me too, that's what the burnbarrel is for. Some people, smh my head
Lead acid batteries are worth a decent amount of money as scrap, don't throw them out.
Don't give in to greed. Throw your car battery into the ocean to feed the electric eels
About $20cad
Not worth it. Get way more stealing off the church roof instead.
There is only one way to show Grand Ma that you love them. Some light environmental destruction.
That's how we used to do things back then!
In the ocean, seriously?!
It’s a meme, hence why it’s ridiculous.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/throwing-car-batteries-into-the-ocean
I was not aware of the meta, thank you.
Holy shit that's hilarious
How are you going to recharge eels otherwise?
That's stupid, the eels recharge the batteries and then they're like new again.
Found the marine biologist!
I didn't realise they were rechargeable. Makes sense though.
That is what the windmills are for
Where do you put your car batteries? I'm pretty sure they belong in an ocean bro.
There is plenty of water to wash it away over there
I know, they should be using the regular trash burnbarrel, why go through the extra effort?
What a great grandson
I train to impress da BOYZZZ
8 days a week. Only egolifting.
Wholesome
Kind of mildly misogynist though.
Wait how?
Because he isn't working out "for her" or because he doesn't think his grandma is strong enough to throw her own car batteries in the ocean?
If A) I'm assured women aren't dressing in a certain way or doing makeup "for men" as well, they say it's "for them." Unless this is misandrist, I don't think working out "not for women's approval" is misogynist. Doing things for other reasons than to garner the sexual attraction of the opposite sex seems like an acceptible path.
If B) It could just as easily be that he isn't doubtful of grandma's abilities because she is a woman, but because she is old. Maybe it's ageism at play instead, or maybe she asked previously if her grandson could assist with routine car maintenance such as a battery change.
If C) Other, please inform, as I have missed it.
I was joking. Throwing a car battery into the ocean isn't wholesome either
When i was training it was to make me feel better. That i was also able to help family with stuff was a bonus
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