On 24/09/2010, at 3:32 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
All good questions, Michael.
An even better one before getting involved in the minutae of
calculating a carbon footprint is: do we care and why?
Sorry, this gets even more OT
or maybe not.
I am told by people in white coats who look at the inner top part of
humans, that our drives are sequentially -
- to meet basic survival needs
- then to be contented
- then to do things that extend ourselves
- then do things that connect us and contribute to society
(in ascending order of drive).
So, beyond sitting in front of the 60" plasma, some people -
- go fly gliders for their own pleasure
- or to extend their capabilities
- or instruct, fix airframes, sit on committees, promote the sport ,
etc....
In the 'green' sector, similarly there are people
- making a buck
- looking for 'better' ways
- looking for 'cuter' ways
- contributing to changing the world
(from their perspective anyway)
There are better forums than aus-soaring to discuss in detail the
differences between
- the envisaged 'green' fully functioning future
- the 'toward a sustainable future' flawed actions we undertake now
- the remnant old style thinking technologies which are left now, with
which we can make the switch as these are used up
- entropy and the place of humans
key words on your favourite search engine -
- cradle-to-cradle
- Bruntland
- zero carbon, carbon credit, etc.
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