>> Perhaps I’ll ask Tom A. to weigh in also. That would be outstanding.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016, 16:10 John Sundman <j...@wetmachine.com> wrote: > Rajesh, > > Thanks for your reply and for the links to those very interesting > articles. I’ve skim-read them, but I won’t have time to look at them > closely and respond until next week. > > Perhaps I’ll ask Tom A. to weigh in also. > > Clearly we’re facing a very complicated situation. > > jrs > > > > > On Aug 3, 2016, at 2:11 AM, Rajesh Mehar <rajeshme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi John, > > > > I appreciate the synthesis of multiple ideas into one talk, but this talk > > too glosses over a topic that's been bugging me recently. The idea that > > shifting all our energy needs to 'renewables' is going to be a net > positive. > > > > I would like everyone's thoughts on these two links below, and the idea > > that without net energy consumption reduction (through > de-industrialization > > and reduction of automation, probably Luddite ideas in a group such as > > Silk) there is no long term benefit from switching to > so-called-renewables. > > > > How Sustainable is Solar Power? > > > http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/04/how-sustainable-is-pv-solar-power.html#more > > > > SOLAR DEVICES INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE > > > http://sunweber.blogspot.in/2015/04/solar-devices-industrial-infrastructure.html > > > > Really looking forward to this discussion. > > > >> > >> > > >
