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reply to Nick Pine






Newsgroups: g,news.announce.newusers
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