Great idea! I'm looking forward to meeting your extended family in your new tenement apartment. Especially the little kids.
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: brin-l@mccmedia.com > Subject: Re: Adressing Global Warming > Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:36:53 +0000 > > Charlie Bell wrote: > > > > Yeah. The point of solar hot water is it's so cheap, and pays for > > itself very quickly (3 - 5 years) if it's installed in a new house. So > > while it'll never amount to a huge percentage, it's still an > > inexpensive way of saving a significant amount of energy. So, like > > mandating loft and wall insulation and double-glazing (and rainwater > > tanks) these are small but significant contributions that everyone can > > do. Reducing the total energy consumption of a house by 15 - 20% is a > > lot of energy that you don't need to generate! > > > <sarcasm> > Yeah, place every single family of the 6 Giga humans in houses > with solar power... This would be very friendly to the environment! > </sarcasm> > > Seriously, if we want to save the planet, domestic solar power should > be banned! People should live and work in the smallest possible area, > and it means packing families in huge buildings. > > Alberto Monteiro > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
