Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Worried that your sex toy might be made of petroleum products? Have you checked the ingredients in your lube? The BBC wants to help people who might be worried about the carbon impact of their sex life.
Eco-friendly sex: What is it and how does it impact on climate change?
By Harriet Orrell
BBC World Service…
What is eco-friendly sex?
“For some, being eco-friendly sexually means selecting lubes, toys, bed sheets and condoms that have less impact on the planet,” explains Dr Adenike Akinsemolu, an environmental sustainability scientist from Nigeria.
“For others, it entails reducing the damage in the creation of porn to workers and the environment. Both examples are valid and of importance.”
The UN Population Fund estimates around 10 billion male latex condoms are manufactured each year and most are disposed of in landfills.
That’s because most condoms are made from synthetic latex and use additives and chemicals, meaning they cannot be recycled.
Lambskin condoms, which have been used since Roman times, are the only fully biodegradable option. However, they are made from the intestine of a sheep and do not prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Many lubes are also petroleum-based, and therefore contain fossil fuels. This has led to a rise in water-based or organic products. And homemade options are becoming more popular.
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Lauren lives almost entirely waste-free and, since 2012, has collected anything she hasn’t been able to recycle in a jar.
You won’t find condoms in Lauren’s jar and, as they are the only contraception effective against STIs, she asks all her sexual partners to get tested before sleeping with them.
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The climate impact of reproducing
Which brings us to another point where sex and the environment collide – having children.
According to a 2017 study, living car-free saves about 2.3 tonnes of CO2 a year, while sticking to a plant-based diet saves 0.8 tonnes. By comparison – if you live in the developed world – not having a child saves about 58.6 tonnes per year.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59046518
Lauren Singer looks pretty attractive, but personally I’d feel nervous about falling asleep next to someone who prides herself on putting things she no longer has a use for in her special jar.
Of course, having the British government BBC, or someone like Lauren, lecture you on the carbon friendly way to have sex probably causes an immediate reduction of the “problem”, so maybe the issue wouldn’t pop up in that scenario.
Obviously having the government and climate fanatics like Lauren lecturing people about how to enjoy sex without harming the planet is not nearly intrusive enough to keep the planet safe from waste and excessive carbon dioxide.
For the last few years, scientists have been working on a machine which can read your thoughts, including your dreams. The current generation device is the size of a room, and its ability to make sense of your thoughts is extremely limited, barely functional. But I keep thinking, the first computers were also just as large and clunky.
As the technology is developed a device could conceivably eventually be produced which could be implanted into your head, which would help wearers lead entirely carbon guilt free lives, by analysing their thoughts in realtime and warning them when they were thinking about doing something which might harm the planet.
If bad think persists, the implanted device could send a report to the climate police, so the government could assign the miscreant to the nearest climate re-education facility.
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I had to I check the date, no it is not April 1st.?
How will we ever be able to maintain the fun of that day when stories this crazy are now actual true stories?
is nothing sacred anymore.
The Babylon Bee was forced to create Not the Bee, because reality was becoming so good at parodying itself they were struggling to stand out.
And Not The Bee was recently suspended from Twitter for accurately reporting a story (don’t recall what)
They got banned for reporting on the banning of another account over called a biological male, a biological male.
In the same week we were suspended from Twitter, Twitter claimed that it favors rightwing voices on its platform | Not the Bee
“So let’s get this straight. Our account was banned. For reporting that another account was banned. And the reason for the original account being banned was for suggesting that Rachel Levine – who was born a man – is a man. Which violates the rules of Newspeak, my friends.”
Hmmm. I’m all for Free Sex even if it comes with Carbon Guilt.
Naturally, DIY has the lowest climate impact, but excessive panting during orgasn will increase personal CO2 emission.
Anyone worried about the planet when they are about to have sex has more to worry about than the planet, mainly themselves. And someone about to have sex with the worry wort should be concerned because they tend to be unsanitary saving the trees and all.
Hilarious. Won’t use condoms because “bad for nature” but get a whole lot of lab tests with all the attendant chemicals, processes and energy requirements – that’s OK because I can’t actually see the resources being used. If you sleep with this woman do whatever you can to ensure she doesn’t have offspring. Our collective intelligence can’t deal with the outcome.
The payments you would be making would only be sustainable for her.
I’d also suggest making sure there are no sharp implements within her reach, You never know when she might decide that saving the planet requires a “sacrifice” from you of something you don’t wish to part with. (John Wayne Bobbitt can tell you all about how that’ll feel). She probably even has a jar already prepared for it.
“Lambskin condoms, which have been used since Roman times”
Reminds me of a Dana Carvey Grumpy Old man sketch.
In my day we didn’t have fancy latex condoms. We wrapped it up in lambskin. They didn’t work and you couldn’t feel a thing AND WE LIKED IT.
I hear that Kiwi shepherds like to try out the lambskin condoms before they’ve been removed from the lambs.
“Fresh Is Best”
What is the carbon footprint of organising, travelling to, and utilising STD sample collection and analysis products compared to a gram or so of mass produced latex?
Surely this is another of Peter Boghossian’s spoofs.
Sure is telling…the things about which these leftist obsess. They always preach a narrative that they rarely practice.
Naturally we would call this ‘Orrell’ sex . . .
Surely the best way for Lauren to enjoy carbon neutral sex is for her to become a lesbian.
No need to worry about the carbon footprint of birth control, and presumably the risk of catching an STD is miniscule, so she wouldn’t need to worry about contraception or her partners having a carbon positive test.
If she can’t take that one positive step then she isn’t completely committed to the cause she claims to believe in and we should ignore her hypocratic rantings.
The BBC have a “Special Disinformation Reporter”. I have no problem with them working out what is real and false information. However, when that person is an ex-Guardian leftie, I am not sure we will be getting a fair interpretation on what is truth and lies. According to the BBC’s Trending podcast they have a whole team of people looking at “disinformation”.
The BBC also got into bed with one of the American news providers (CBS in 2017, replacing ABC which they did a deal with in 1994) so it is no surprise that the BBC’s American news looks like their coverage.
I think you misunderstand their role. “The Special Disinformation Reporter” isn’t there to find the false information, they’re there to create it.
I would like to encourage more BBC programs like this. If they work successfully, then the reproduction rate of morons will Decreased markedly. This is a win-win for all of us.
“Lauren Singer looks pretty attractive, “
only on the outside. Seems pretty ugly on the inside, IMO.