Greeks Raid Forests In Search Of Wood To Heat Homes
From Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg
Greeks Raid Forests In Search Of Wood To Heat Homes
Greece just seems to be getting worse and worse. Being the leading edge of Southern Europe’s descent into 3rd world status, Greece’s lessons are all of our lessons, as I outlined in my piece last year The Global Spring. From the Wall Street Journal:
EGALEO, Greece—While patrolling on a recent cold night, environmentalist Grigoris Gourdomichalis caught a young man illegally chopping down a tree on public land in the mountains above Athens.
When confronted, the man broke down in tears, saying he was unemployed and needed the wood to warm the home he shares with his wife and four small children, because he could no longer afford heating oil.
Tens of thousands of trees have disappeared from parks and woodlands this winter across Greece, authorities said, in a worsening problem that has had tragic consequences as the crisis-hit country’s impoverished residents, too broke to pay for electricity or fuel, turn to fireplaces and wood stoves for heat.
Such woodcutting was last common in Greece during Germany’s brutal occupation in the 1940s, underscoring how five years of recession and waves of austerity measures have spawned drastic measures.
“The average Greek will throw anything into the fireplace that can be burned, ranging from old furniture with lacquer, to old books with ink, in order to get warm,” said Stefanos Sapatakis, an environmental-health officer at the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Glad Europe is fixed.
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Finally Greeks doing a hard days work
This is what happened in North Korea -- whole hillsides denuded by people cutting down any plant life.
Of course, they were eating it rather than burning it, but the principal is the same....
"We're not lazy, we're resting." Mr. Panos
The Monetary Revolution will be so fucking righteous.
How many BTUs in a banker?
There's more return in a politician. You can keep them for their continual spewing of shit and burn that, thereby ensuring a continued supply of flammable material.
the solution to this is obvious: the Greek Central Bank should print money that people can burn to stay warm.
"How many BTUs In a banker"
Didn't You Hear, Thats What The OIL-SANDS Were Formed From...
Why do they need to heat homes while global warming is going on?
“How many BTUs in a banker?”
Hmm..
100K BTU = 1 Therm
100K Therm= 1 Dimon
100K Dimon = 1 Blankfrein
100K Blankfein= 1 Rothschild
100K Roschild = ?
At that point you’re at the temperature of the universe just after space-time (1032 (100 million trillion trillion) degrees) or hell, however you care to look at it.
where'd the people go who said humans would "just figure something out" instead of acting like deer on an island?
How about that Stone head on the Island look?
Burning 100K Rothchilds = A GOOD START!
Credit, debit and EBT cards smell bad when you burn them, another good reason to hold FRNs.
I can hear it now, "silver and gold coins, you can't burn them...."
can't burn 'em. can't eat 'em. wtf are they good for?
Pablo Escobar burned bales of millions in cash to keep his daughter warm in the mountains when they were hiding out-I think The Bernank likes that idea
BTU = banker thermal unit so the answer is 1.
Light them a fire, keep them warm for the night. Light them on fire, keep them warm for the rest of their lives.
Love this! You have the greatest turn-of-phrase here tonight, Nan.
+1000
Not enought: we need to pile them high.
How many BTUs in a banker?
Depends on Fat density, but on average very well....give one a try...soon!
How many BTUs in a banker? Ask IG Farben.
What kind of wood burns green?
Fiat paper.
LONG WOOD!
see above
Can anyone say, "tragedy of the commons"?
Greece is headed for disaster if they continue along this route. And the rest of us have will have to pay the environmental/economic costs.
The Greeks only need to look West to see their fate: Haiti*
*another small nation forced and beaten into submission by Western powers. And if you have no idea what I am talking about... read a book for a change.
Haiti thinks it's Blanche DuBois ("I've always relied on the kindness of strangers").
By weight, tires have more BTUs than coal.
Just sayin'...
Plus, tires come in handy for necklacing banksters.
Just fill'em with petrol, and flick in a match.
There's nothing to see there..........keep moving along! The Super Bowl will be here soon again and that's bullish for beer, processed junk food, and wife beatings!!!
long wife beating
Epic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvl9N9GdraQ
You can get far more btu's from burning corrupt politicians, banksters burn nicely as well. The fuckin' trees didn't cretae this mess, leave 'em alone!
The MSM is trying very hard to make Europe's problems "disappear" -- not covering them. Salute and kudos to Tyler for keeping us informed on what is happening in Greece, Spain and even France (the big domino, when France goes, then...).
Greece is a couple or so years ahead of California, barring a near miracle in California. California almost always leads the rest of the USA by a year or two.
Watch Europe! Our future...
Why don't they just get heat from the government? Doesn't everything come from the government? Food, heat, housing, everything comes from the government. Help me understand!
Obamalogs coming to a FEMA stove soon.
Re: "The MSM is trying very hard to make Europe's problems "disappear" -- not covering them."
That's an important point. A lot of dark stuff from the 1930s Depression disappeared down the memory hole. People were ashamed, so didn't talk about it. My grandfather saw things that you will NOT find in the historical record. The most traumatic for him was having to stop the speeder he drove on the railway to push starved bodies off the tracks.
For different reasons, neither the Greek people nor the controlled European media want their shame broadcast.
None of it is liable to perturb the OWG psychopaths.
The government is broke. It is a black hole of corruption at all levels. The private sector was sacrificed to buy the public sector some time but there is now no juice left to squeeze out. ...Eventually you run out of other people's money. Meanwhile the ASX rallies coz, you know, the crisis is over! I know one company to which the government owes 125 million and that company has a market cap of 350 million. This is common. Meanwhile you go to jail ( well, in theory, after 10-15 years of court theater) if you owe the government more than 150k, even if they owe you more XD
DoChen, didn't you hear? Jerry Brown says with all the new taxes rolling in Ca is fixed. Surpluses coming, they will be able to pay down there debt lol.
Where debt?
Not really... Given our federal/state system and open borders, those on the government tit can simply move to where the cost of living is cheaper and some semblance of infrastructure exists, much like locusts... the problem with moral hazard is that the prudent are universally and mercilessly punished.
DoChen, you seriously call this little story from Mike Krieger information?
no wonder you cant see the forest for the trees......
there aint no damn trees!!!!
If it gets real cold, I'm going to burn down my neighbors house while he's in Florida. Should be good for one night
Burning down other people's houses is how the government keeps itself toasty warm. Don't be like them.
Yeah. Next up : eating grass soup... and making yourself puke so you can eat your own puke so you feel like you had another meal...
/I'm not making this up, people in NKorea are doing this.
My Rottweiler likes to do that.
my dog does it too, i just thought he wanted a warm meal....
Even my aristocratic arrogant dog bitch does it, and she could teach us a thing or two about killing in style.
Disclaimer : Eats grass for a purge only, will bite if offered cake ...