It's a sleepy summer day here at the AT offices, and one of us us down with a summer flu (Aaron), so posting will be a little light today.
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This weekend we were thinking about something that Bill McDonough has spoken about, that he thought we would solve our energy problem and was more worried about our pollution problem. In other words, he was more worried about how we were going to deal with too much "stuff" being put into our environment rather than not having enough clean "energy." This rings very true to our clutter free heart, but we wondered what you thought?(Pic: www.zachhagadone.com)
It takes a lot of energy to make (and ship) stuff.
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I think LLC makes a good point and shows that this issue is not so clear cut...
"Stuff" requires a large amount of energy to make, ship, use, and dispose of. By managing our "stuff" more efficiently (such as buying local), we would save a lot of energy.
There are so many solutions that just need more support. Waste-to-energy methods, for example.
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Solving the "stuff" problem is not going to be easy as there are entire industries built around the manufacture, the distribution and the disposal of "stuff". There is going to have to be a major shift our entire economic structure to resolve these enviromental issues. This is a biggie!
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Interesting - people here seem pretty aware of the interrelationship between the two: looking at the poll just this very second, it is evenly split.
view nycflatcats's profile
LLC said exactlyl what I would have - it's about energy, and related emissions/warming
view jess!'s profile
I wasn't able to answer the poll - I think the issues are connected and equally important :)
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