Hakan Falk said:
http://www.undp.org/
of special interest is,
Human Development Report 2003
http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/
Thanks, I'll read these pages.
Dan
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Jack of all trades, master of none.
Fiber Artist - Genealogist - Kilt Maker - Linux Geek - Piper - Woodworker
Dan,
I do not know when and where he visited in Finland, if he did it at all. I
do nor recognize his description and it is no support for it in the Finnish
statistics. In general the Nordic countries have less inhabitants per room
than US. To get a picture of the real situation, United
, then offer meaningful tax
incentives to those individuals and companies that build responsibly.
-BRAH
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In a message dated 12/29/2003 9:55:00 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just imagine if the building codes in this country were changed so
that every new building had to be whole wall
Steve wrote:
Have another dumb question which someone might have a few thoughts
on.. When they take one of the electric plants offline that is really
badly polluting... Why do they just throw the generators away. As
far as I know, the technology of these big generators has not really
Bryan Brah wrote:
Would this law arbitrarily apply to EVERY new building nationwide? What
about Hawaii, where many people don't have heat or AC, and drafty,
semi-permeable walls are desirable? If you can grant an exemption for
Hawaiians, then why not for Floridians?
No, you do NOT want
In a message dated 12/29/2003 9:55:00 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just imagine if the building codes in this country were changed so
that every new building had to be whole wall rated at R45... how much
coal burning could be eliminated by making such a small change. So
Subject: Re: [biofuel] food for thought
In a message dated 12/29/2003 9:55:00 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just imagine if the building codes in this country were changed so
that every new building had to be whole wall rated at R45... how much
coal burning could
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
When last I was in Finland, they lived 2.6 people per room in large state-run
apartment complexes, a Green dream for saving energy, particularly with no
elevators. Let's just pass a law ;-)
That sounds like the human eqv. of a battery box chicken coup.
Dan
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Steve,
Sweden does not exactly goes as far as R45 walls, but looks what happens with
only the old (pre 1978) Swedish standards,
http://energy.saving.nu/buildingcodes/buildingcodedev.shtml
Hakan
At 23:39 29/12/2003, you wrote:
Since I imagine most here are really interested in both
Keith Addison wrote:
Anyway, hadn't you guys over there better start thinking about taking
your country back? Please???
Regards
Keith
We'd love to, but by the time we actually GET to vote, the
decent candidates
have been long outspent by the political machine that perpetuates
Keith writes:
Anyway, hadn't you guys over there better start thinking about taking
your country back? Please???
Great idea, but hard to do when the Democrats haven't got anyone to
offer but a bunch of uninspiring wimps who would've been called
Republicans back in the good ol' days :-).
I
You guys need to read The New Thought Police by
Tammy Bruce. You guys ain't seen nothing yet!
Jonathan Fairbanks
East Tawas, MI
--- csakima [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I feel the same way about this social pressure.
Almost as if it's (the
pressure) being used as (quite an effective)
You guys need to read The New Thought Police by
Tammy Bruce. You guys ain't seen nothing yet!
Jonathan Fairbanks
East Tawas, MI
Uh... The left control the media and are working towards the downfall
of America, etc etc, according to Ms Bruce. What a joke. Rupert
Murdoch, eg, well-known
Keith Addison wrote:
Canada IS a free country?? I thought it was logged in the books as a
Socialist Country??
Is Canada looking like a free country a tell-tale indication of what
(comparatively) the US has become (or is turning in to)???
No debate ... simply food for thought.
Hi Alan
Keith Addison wrote:
Canada IS a free country?? I thought it was logged in the books as a
Socialist Country??
Is Canada looking like a free country a tell-tale indication of what
(comparatively) the US has become (or is turning in to)???
No debate ... simply food for
Keith writes:
Anyway, hadn't you guys over there better start thinking about taking
your country back? Please???
Great idea, but hard to do when the Democrats haven't got anyone to
offer but a bunch of uninspiring wimps who would've been called
Republicans back in the good ol' days :-).
I
Keith Addison wrote:
Anyway, hadn't you guys over there better start thinking about taking
your country back? Please???
Regards
Keith
We'd love to, but by the time we actually GET to vote, the decent candidates
have been long outspent by the political machine that perpetuates
socialist is not opposite of free. It means that many services that people
ought to do for them selves are provided by the government, at a cost of
course. socialist does not equal communist.
Steve Spence
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Canada IS a free country?? I thought it was logged in the books as a
Socialist Country??
Is Canada looking like a free country a tell-tale indication of what
(comparatively) the US has become (or is turning in to)???
No debate ... simply food for thought.
Curtis
Now here's a thing a lot of
Sorry Keith, maybe there are decently run socialist countries, but
Canada, unfortunately isn't one. Canada is run on the principle of the
lowest common denominator; If one idiot can figure out how to hurt
themselves doing something, then it is made illegal for anyone to do
it. I had 35
Kim,
I think that you are mixing Building Codes with local codes for building
permits. Building Codes are there to guarantee that the building has a
minimum standard, is safe, minimum life span, energy efficient, sound
insulated and conflict solving. The local building rules are there
for
Sorry Hakan, but no I am not mixing them up. We do not have codes in
this part of the country. I am free to use PVC in my house, I can use
an alternative building material like pulped paper feed bags mixed with
clay for my walls, or whatever else I chose to do. There is no one I
have to
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