on 2/26/05 7:54 AM, Keith Addison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> We've been grievously deskilled, especially in the industrialised > countries.... Compared with us now, for all our fancy degrees, our > gadgetry and scientific wonders, the average Joe from 1890 or so > makes most of us look like arrested development cases. > > That is one of the most important aspects of biofuels, IMO: the sheer > impact on your outlook of making your own fuel for the first time and > running your motor on it, knowing that it's BETTER than the stuff the > big guys make, and that ANYBODY can do it, is more empowering than.... > Very subversive! > I agree, that was an empowering thing. Also deciding to build a house -- really ANYTHING that you do DIRECTLY, ie, without the mediator of a wage or payment required. Changes yer whole outlook.... -K _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
