[kj] OT: green vinyl for mr. sheppard

[Per G Olsson]

Sigh:
(thins brings me out of my normal "lurking" mode)

1) Greenpeace can NOT outlaw anything, they are not a legislating  
body - they are, however allowed to try to influence goverments to do  
so.
2) I'ts not Vinyl (or PVC) that is the issue, it is Dioxins (which  
previously has been used in the manufacture of PVC and sometimes can  
be produced if PVC is incinerated under suboptimal conditions, albeit  
in minute ammounts)
3) This small document : http://www.vinylindesign.com/docs/ 
600/508.pdf may give you a better picture of the whole thing...

I personally would like to see dioxin levels reduced as close to zero  
as possible, but that does not mean that Vinyl records can't be  
produced - dioxins are NOT essential for the PRODUCTION of PVC.

I also like the old 12" (and 10") -format, mainly because it ment  
that you got "proper" artwork...  Carefully removing a vinyl disc  
from it's wrapping and putting it on the turntable is akin to a  
Japanese tea-ceremony (even if it means that you're four seconds from  
hearing "Requiem 12" Mix" pouring out of the speakers).  But, there  
are pitfallts with the "old format".   Apart from the fact that the  
vinyl IS generating much more background noise, one caviat I found is  
that if the hole in the disc isn't EXACTLY in the middle, it doesn't  
mater how litlle your turntable "wobbles" (if that is the right term  
- English is not my mother's tounge) the error of the disc is larger!

(back into the shadows)

/Per G O


24 jul 2007 kl. 22.06 skrev folk devil:


>> From: "B. Oliver Sheppard"

>

>> Greenpeace is outlawing vinyl records for them,

>

>

> They are. It's called the Stockholm convention, and is being  

> endorsed by the UN. If dioxins are banned, so is vinyl, it's  

> intrinsic to vinyl production. But then again, I suppose you will  

> always be able to buy an outsourced variety.

>

> http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/toxics-map/deadly.htm

> http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/toxics-map/zero.htm

>

> It's not a hop or a skip to see why this affects vinyl production.

>

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