Date:         Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:27:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
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From:         Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
Subject:      Re: coolant IS a poison
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A quick Google search found many sites that mention it is OK to pour this down the drain as
long as you aren't connected to a septic tank.  A sample link is:

http://cf.uwex.edu/ics/infosource/fullrecord.cfm?IDnumber=364

This site also makes it clear that it isn't a problem on the ground as it quickly biodegrades
in the environment.  Yes, keep it away from animals, but don't be so quick to criticize a valid
solution without a tiny bit of research.  This site mentions that many municipal garages
dispose of it by sending it down the drain to their own water treatment facility.  It also says
not to put it into a storm drain, as these don't normally connect to the treatment facility.

Bill in the Southwest


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Steven Fish" <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
>
> You could also carry it all up to the peak of your favorite pristine local
> mountain, and then just splash it over the rocks up there.
>
> I mean, it would be gone, and certainly in a few thousand years, the Earth's
> wonderful (but slow) filtering systems would take care of it, and break it
> down into whatever it ends up getting broken down into.
>
> Of course for a few hundred years you will have some interesting new
> mutations of glowing green or blue earthworms up there, and possibly a few
> Robins who evolve an extra stomach to process such glowing worms in... But
> that was all in Mother Nature's grand plan anyways... wasn't it?
>
> My point here is... it may indeed be "possible" to flush the stuff into the
> sewer, but it is definately NOT the best of all available options. It is
> "possible" to burn all your leaves and dead wood at the end of autumn in
> your backyard too... but there are more elegant ways of disposing of them
> too.
>
> Once the human children start being born with greenish-blue colored skin...
> then folks will get serious, and take the stuff to the recycling plants.