Sustainable Action

[jian_leigh]

Another definition of sustainability is creating more energy than you are expending.  Now obviously this goes against the understanding of classical physics.  But our lives are much more subtle then our classical physics

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[anonymous]

There could be no better investment in America than to invest in America becoming energy independent! We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. The high cost of fuel this past year seriously damaged our economy and society. The cost of fuel effects every facet of consumer goods from production to shipping costs. After a brief reprieve gas is inching back up. OPEC will continue to cut production until they achieve their desired 80-100. per barrel. If all gasoline cars, trucks, and SUV's instead had plug-in electric drive trains, the amount of electricity needed to replace gasoline is about equal to the estimated wind energy potential of the state of North Dakota. There is a really good new book out by Jeff Wilson called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence Now.

Thanks for the comment.

[jian_leigh]

Thanks for the coment

Sustainable Action

[anonymous]

Hello,

I see where you are going to some extents in that "Living with your income" is another way of talking about carrying capacity of the earth.
The "more energy" we are able to create is only possible because we use far more than our fair share of the worlds resources. So viewed on a planetary basis, we are an anomaly, not an end state the everyone can get to.

Jim Augustin
Noisette Project