[insert comment about how Wind Turbines don't contribute when it's not windy here][and a gentle reminder how F'n sexy nuclear is. Now if only we can get fusion to work without gajillion tons of pressure.]
On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 10:30 AM cody dooderson <[email protected]> wrote: > I will have to update my bumper sticker from "Bread Not Bombs" to "Bread, > Solar Panels, and Wind Turbines Not Bombs." > I like that idea. The green war approach would benefit everyone a lot more > than sending in a swarm of weaponized drones. > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2022, 10:08 AM Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm thinking that a way to escalate our response to Putin, without >> actually fighting him, is to build a "green war machine". Start a crash >> project to research, develop, and deliver the technology to liberate our >> european allies from their energy dependencies on russian oil and gas. And >> everyone else as a side effect. >> >> That this is all stuff that we *cough* should be doing anyway is bonus >> content. But what we can't seem to do for the "right" reasons might be >> easily done as a way to thwart an enemy who is so successfully making >> himself the most reviled man of our age. >> >> Longer term, the economic effects of the sanctions, the social effects of >> the ukrainian refugee crisis, and the demoralization of watching brute >> force in action are going to hurt our side a lot. That may be Putin's >> actual endgame for the "operation" while he pretends to be Trump. Better >> to be doing something positive than to be waiting around to see how it >> turns out. >> >> -- rec -- >> >> .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: >> 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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