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[Douglas Hinds <cedecor@gmx.net>]

On 01/29/2013 01:18 PM, Stephen Sherman wrote:

>         the Thorium reactor solution misses the root cause of
> the energy problem. The problem is not that humans need more cheap
> energy, although we may think it is. Rather it is that*our current
> energy infrastructure and mindset is one which is very energy greedy,
> and not in touch with the larger system of which we are a part.*   _Until
> we "solve" the energy problem in that context, we just continue on the
> same destructive path which brought us to where we are now_.
Yes, what needs to change is the mindset that fails to conceive 
civilization as an integral part of the biosphere.

As biological creatures within a biological world, humans need to 
re-conceive their function and adopt the role of Caretakers of the Planet.

Rising and turning in with the sun would save a lot of energy. (John 
still farms his land in Ireland with a plow horse, I assume. Do your 
consider him one of your family)?

Douglas