Cloth Diaper Mom Claims She Switched for the Environment
A clueless moonbat mom in Austin was profiled as an eco-warrior because she uses cloth diapers instead of disposable diapers. Because it won’t hurt the environment, despite the fact that she has to wash them twice, using electricity to run the washer and the drier.
From Keyetv.com here:
Cloth diapers may sound old school, but actually they’re making a comeback, especially here in Austin, where the green movement is going strong.
I have seen quite a few green movements too, if you know what I mean. That’s why I use disposable diapers.
Berdina Madden’s daughter wears cloth diapers, but when she first heard about them, she had her doubts. “In the old days, you have this image of women changing disgusting diapers and bleaching them,” she said.
Today, there’s no bleaching involved, cloth diapers can be cleaned in the washing machine. Madden likes the fact that she’s not putting disposable diapers in the landfill.
But what about the water used to wash the diapers? Cloth diapers require two washes: first a pre-wash in cold water and then a second wash in hot.
What also works for her is the gas she saves from not having to make frequent trips to the store for diapers.
Berdina must be the only woman who buys her diapers one at a time at the grocery store. Seriously, this is a stupid excuse. She has to go shopping anyways, so why not pick up diapers when she gets her tofu? And if she stays at home and has all her stuff delivered, she can order diapers too.
Disposable Diapers went from plastic to paper years ago at the insistence of moonbat environmentalists. They are made from renewable resources and they break down easily in the landfills. Even the UK government says that there is no difference between the environmental impact of cloth or disposable diapers today.
So if you eliminate all of the stupid excuses Berdina made for using cloth diapers, it really comes down to what is most important to all environmentalists: Their poop. Eco-warriors are obsessed with their own poop for some bizarre reason.
I have no problem with wanting to use cloth diapers. Just don’t tell me you are doing it for Mother Earth.
Yah, the people who make the argument that cloth is better for the environment and their pocketbook should perhaps sit down with a calculator and a list of pros/cons because I’m thinking they’re fooling themselves.
My babies will wear nothing at all, because nothing is free!
(I like saying ridiculous things, but you know I don’t mean this.)
You know, when or if force fields are ever invented, I think they should immediately be applied to the Diaper issue. Your baby can crawl around and all you have to do to see if he is dirty is look in his pants. A force field diaper will hold the wetness and ick in. To change the baby, you deactivate the force field somewhere, wipe, and reactivate again.
Hey, as long as we are dreaming….
We are big kids, because you know I think this is the coolest idea I’ve heard all day long.
Now all I need is a baby and a forcefield!
You’re missing two points:
1) Water is (mostly) a renewable resource. She may have more laundry, but water can be reused.
2) She is reducing her consumption of disposable goods, which is the key to prolonging the existence of our resources. It’s not just about what is being thrown away or not, it’s about the materials and energy put into production of disposable diapers versus cloth.
I can sense I’m wasting my time pointing this out to you.
You cant save the environment by using cloth diapers. Even the UK government said so.
They are not obsessed with their poop as much as they are obsessed with pretending it doesn’t stink.
We’re using cloth diaper for my daughter.. First, the bad point: they’re frickin’ discusting.
Good point: After 6 months, they cost a lot less, and you can re-use them for your future kids.
Kiltak, great reason to keep using them. I would have accepted that they are prettier, more fashionable, or even easier to use. As long as you don’t try to sell me on an environmental stance, hey to each his own!
Actually, there are disposable diapers that are good for the environemnt and decompose in just a few months.. They even have green tea extract in them to hide the smell..
Unfortunately, they cost a few more bucks per pack.. No idea if the manufacturing process actually polutes the environment though.
Pat, how do you feel about religious groups encouraging environmental responsibility using the argument that your world was given to you by God and you should care for it accordingly?
Elizabeth,
I am all for environmental conservation.
As humans, we of course need to be good stewards of the earth. But leftists are pushing an environmental agenda for political purposes using bad science. This woman could have claimed any other reason to choose cloth diapers. but when she says it helps the environment she is a liar.
Environmental conservation helps our environment. We use fewer resources and produce fewer pollutants and less garbage. So, she used cloth diapers because they use fewer resources and produce fewer pollutants and create less garbage. That’s conservation. And as an added bonus she saves some money. Where’s the political agenda?
Again, the UK government did a study that proves this is not the case. But the article would have us all believe that using cloth diapers is a necessary part of adopting a “green lifestyle” and that is not the truth. The green movement is a political agenda to force Americans to stop using technology.
You actually don’t have to wash the diapers twice and if you have enough diapers that you can wash only when you have a full load you will use less water. You can also dry them on the line to save electricity. It can be more environmental but it takes a lot more work. I cloth diaper because I’m cheap and lazy and love when people give me shit about it not being any better for the environment than disposable. I know, I don’t care.
Cheap and lazy is a wonderful reason to use cloth diapers. Especially if its tough to get to a store. And for those that use cloth, do you bleach them or do you use oxyclean?
You know you’re wrong about them not helping the enviroment. Okay you wash more, that’s true but, like the other poster said water is a reknewable resource. Those disposable diapers that you dump out take a good 10 yrs or more to decompose. And, yes their is 1, ONE disposable diaper that can be decomposed faster than the others but, more money from your pocket = less buys. So, why not go cloth. Plus, if you have sewing skills you can even reuse material laying around your house(t-shirts, flannel blankets, towels etc) to make cloth diapers or buy special material and make your own as well. Recycling has to be good for the enviroment right? The less you throw away the less polluting our earth, building up in landfills. After that, I choose it for the cuteness, Who doesn’t want their child running around with flowers, and daddy loves me diapers instead of the old hoo hum animal prints that pampers or huggies constantly gives. To add to that, you can sale cloth diapers after using them, they have a high retail value. Buying cloth diapers for between $1 – $18 each you can dye them, paint them or embordier them and get 2-4X’s what you spent. Doesn’t that sound like it cost alot less than disposeables, you pay approx .48cent for one diaper then toss it in the trash.
excuse my spelling errors, ahaha. I would have gone back to fix them but, ehh. And,being lazy is a great reason to cloth diaper. I got tired of my husband complaning about going to the grocery store every 12 days to spend nearly $50 to keep two babies in diapers and wipes. So, I went cloth and didn’t have to hear him yammer on about not feeling like going. Bonus, I made a deal that he keep all the money we didn’t use on disposable to go to buy our new house. everything worked out.