Evil petrol corporations and their propoganda.
In the 1950s evil petrol corporations started duplicating some of the benefits that could be found in natural fibres like wool.
By boiling and extruding chemicals into fake fibres like poly-amide and polyester, garments and carpets were made and marketed often under the brand name Nylon. None of these products come close to the natural benefits that nature has built into wool over millions of years but very quickly people abandoned natural products for inferior synthetic copies.
People fell for TV advertising and celebrity endorsements during those weird decades that people were also marketed into purchasing tobacco and tanning oil. Now we live in a smarter age and we know the danger of exposing our children to cancer causing chemicals. Yet people still favour petro chemical based textiles over natural fibres?
Q - What is Nylon?
A - (-NH-CO-(CH2)4-CO-NH-(CH2)6-)n
What is Nylon? Well its a compound written as follows... (-NH-CO-(CH2)4-CO-NH-(CH2)6-)n otherwise known as polymer of adipic acid and hexymethylene diammine, sometimes referred to under the brand name Nylon. It is essentially a plastic.Wool grows naturally on sheep who feed on grass. It is mostly carbon with some nitrogen and sulphur. It is one of the best natural fertilisers that exist making wool perfect for returning to the soil to be turned back into grass and then back into wool. It is actually a carbon sink!
Wool has many natural benefits that synthetic fibre producers have tried to copy by adding extra chemicals to their potions. All of these benefits can be found in wool without adding anything artificial or dangerous to humans.
Wool is naturally flame retardant - Nylon Melts, and must be cut from skin.
Wool is anti-static - ever worn polyester?
Wool is anti-allergenic.
Wool is biodegradable - Plastic fills up landfill and chokes dolphins!
Wool uses 1/4 of the energy to produce than plastic fibres
Wool is a natural insulator keeping people warm in winter and cool in summer.
Wool absorbs noise making a quieter home and office
Wool absorbs toxins and locks them in making homes safe to breath.
Wool carpets trap dust until it is vacuumed making it great for people with allergies.
We are not immune
In the 1980's lies were told by industries like the synthetic carpet industry and the wooden flooring industry to deter people from using wool carpets.
It was widely rumoured through PR and trade press that wool carpets are bad for asthmatics - Lie! The truth is wool carpets trap airborne dust particles making the air healthier, hard surfaces cannot do this. Also dust mites cannot live on wool carpet. Dust mites only live on small flakes of human skin that will gather on any surface. A wool carpet actually traps the particles in place until they can be vacuumed up and removed entirely.
Wool actually acts as a natural humidifier and removes moisture from humid rooms then releasing it when the room gets dry. This again removes risks to asthmatics and makes a healthier more comfortable environment for all people. Plastic has zero ability to absorb moisture. This is good if you are a soft drink bottle, but a completely useless feature if you are a textile.
Why do the synthetic corporations lie to us?
Why would oil companies lie about natural products? The answer is simple, to hide the truth and to gain market share by fooling consumers.The same tactics used to justify wars, especially wars to gain access to oil, which always comes back to greed.
Why go to war to get oil to make synthetic carpets when there are millions of sheep that can grow new wool every year? Unfortunately as long as consumers buy oil based products people will get shot in order for greedy men to get what they want. The short answer is greed. The oil corporations are so big that they can influence the truth and buy the politicians. Populations will always be lied to for evil men to sell weapons or oil or to gain power.
Oil Factory for making plastics
Pictured here is part of the process for making synthetic carpets. This is how they turn crude oil into the chemicals later used to make plastics like Nylon.It takes four times the energy to make a plastic carpet than to make a wool carpet!
This is a wool factory...
Wool is natural and grown on sheep.
Here is a sheep farm in New Zealand.Wool grown on New Zealand sheep has the lowest carbon footprint of any fibre. It is actually a carbon sink.
The land is exceptionally well cared for as it is law in New Zealand that natural resources are protected.
In fact almost all energy in New Zealand is from natural renewble resources like wind and water. There is no coal burning or nuclear power generation.
Not a lot of oil companies will tell you that buying a wool carpet will actually improve the natural environment and deliver your family a healthier home.
New Zealand is the first country in the world to pass an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which includes agriculture. Greenhouse gas mitigation by tree planting and carbon credit trading is required. While sheep produce methane as a product of their ruminant digestive system, the source of the methane is not fossil fuel, but plants.
The methane is ultimately reduced to CO2 in the atmosphere, to be absorbed by plants, which were the original source of the carbon.
Further, significant areas on New Zealand's farmland is on reclaimed wetlands which were previously significant emitters of methane.
see also..
The Ministry of Sheep
Nylon polymers take 8 times the energy to produce than Wool!
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- Steelie Steelie Oct 1, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
- The Petrol guys are naughty!
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- betterhealth betterhealth Aug 19, 2009 @ 12:21 am
- BTW, thank you for your comment on my related lens http://www.squidoo.com/multiple-chemical-sensitivity
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- betterhealth betterhealth Aug 19, 2009 @ 12:09 am
- Why are we feeling ever less well? Read Synthetics are EVIL and find out!
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