On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:04:38 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: >On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 08:38:41PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>How exactly, does the concept of sustainability preclude >>technology? >>Or are you reserving the term, and concept, for use only by >>tree-hugging luddites living in communes? > >Here are some questions I asked Han, but he did not answer. Maybe >you could answer them for yourself: >1) How much electrical energy (in kW-hours) do you use in an average >month or year? >2) If you have natural gas, how much gas (or gas energy) do you use >in an average year? >3) And if you drive a car, how far do you drive in an average year? >After you post the answers, I will work through an rough calculation >of the issues involved if 6B people each used that amount of energy, >and we can talk about whether it would be possible to get everyone >in the world up to that level in a sustainable way and how long it >might take and how expensive it would be. Remember, so far almost >all technology is dependent on energy.
For 2002, Electricity 3935 KWh Natural Gas 1002 M^3 X 10.34 KWh/M^3 = 10360 KWh Gasoline 3100L X 8.61 KWh/L = 26691 KWh Total 40986 KWh Here is some actual numbers by country if you would rather use them. http://onsager.bd.psu.edu/~jircitano/Energy.html So what did you have in mind? _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
