tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736699.post115460504314925564..comments2024-02-01T16:41:23.163+00:00Comments on Sustainable Suburbia: The Long EmergencyKen Boakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168707285621954181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736699.post-1155991986842635382006-08-19T13:53:00.000+01:002006-08-19T13:53:00.000+01:00The problem is not only future oil shortages, but ...The problem is not only future oil shortages, but the criminal acts that are performed to get oil: the recent situation in Irak, the growing tension with Iran, the neverending Congo crisis,etc. are clear examples of this struggle for cheap energy, which at the same time is more expensive than ever due to war and chaos.<BR/><BR/>Not only that, tyrants and oppresive regimes (Iran and Arab countries, for example, but before that the USSR) are being boosted by oil money, so in the end it is worse for everybody.<BR/><BR/>If developed countries (particularly USA and its closer allies) don't take an energy diet, for which we have the technical means, the world will become unhealthy for life, not only for climatic change!<BR/><BR/>I think you Ken are setting an example of how responsible people can do a lot to stop all this nightmare without crossing your threshold.<BR/><BR/>As you rightly point out in your blog, years ago everything was more reciclable, and every product got a second chance. As modern "life" steps in, we produce more and more rubbish, with little real increase in quality of life.<BR/><BR/>Just for a bright tip, I will say that in my country we had a floor heating system much like yours: a corridor run under the floor in which leftover hay or wood would be fed and set fire. Its name, understandably, was "Glory".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com