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reply to Nick Pine
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Subject: response to Nick Pine
Summary: alt.energy.renewable
Followup-To:alt.energy.renewable
Distribution: world.alt.energy.renewable
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Keywords:alt.energy.renewable
With respect, I vote *no* to Nick Pine's call to break up the old
alt.energy.renewable gang, to enable a forum about photovoltaics
only. I am new to the internet process, but an old hand at advocating
renewables, especially solar heat to drive hot water, space heating
and absorption a/c, using natural gas, propane, whatever, as a backup.
I believe we need a forum as wide as this. There are many ways
that a sustainable human, etc, civilization on this nice little planet
can happen. The many technologies that will be in the new "mix" are
already known, but mostly political factors keep the some of them from
being implemented.
I expect to be "flamed," so here's my final solution, after we
replace most of our electricity-guzzling a/c compressors, a.k.a. "heat
pumps" with solar assisted absorption refrigeration.
We need to downsize human individuals, starting with offering large
size people incentives *not* to reproduce so much. It would take
thousands of years, but a human race with individuals, say, six inches
tall, and individual fauna, flora and automobiles in proportion would
be nice, and there could be a lot more of us.
Comments? nellison@lonestar.utsa.edu