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Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable
- From: Pete Vukovich <pvukovic1@yahoo.com>
- To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:49:10 -0800 (PST)
Glad to see this brought up this way though, when we adopted coal nobody bothered with a 'cost' analysis regarding how much energy or human health was required to mine, refine, and distribute it, treat its side effects, etc. Same went for petroleum, and same for nuclear. One thing the alternative energy push could use is a thorough analysis (as suggested by wes jackson and others a long time ago) of what it really costs environmentally and in energy to produce, maintain, and distribute these components. With that sort of information in hand people might begin question whether using a compact fluorescent light bulb is really a better move than just turning off the light, whether a prius's batteries are really a step forward, TV was really worth it (ok the results are in there), and whether owning a book was as good an investment as having a fully stocked community library. As long as people don't invest in time and importance in analysing it independent from its stake holders and detractors , its just another fast food. Sounds good on the commercials, not so good on a grocery list (honey could you pick up 2 lbs of msg, a bottle of corn syrup , bleached wheat and some hormone infused animal fats on your way home - were having burgers again). I don't think people will give up what they are trained to believe are advances until they understand what the advances are really costing them, and are able to see post-consumerism as neo-productive. This species likes to think it knows whats good for it, regardless of what 'it' is. --- On Mon, 2/9/09, Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote: From: Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> |
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[Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable,
Tradingpost, 02/09/2009
- Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable, Pete Vukovich, 02/09/2009
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- Re: [Livingontheland] Solar and Wind are not renewable, SALTMINES, 02/10/2009
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