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Subject: Re: the cows in India are holy

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Date Posted: 01/15/06 11:18:28am
In reply to: pjk 's message, "Re: the cows in India are holy" on 01/13/06 10:29:31pm

>From the little I know biomass seems appropriate for
>another time & (smaller) space - 200 years out or 200
>years prior (to coal, then oil and gas). if we're
>going to reclaim land and let it heal and skim off
>some fiber here and there - great. but with today's
>industrial mentality and population burden it appears
>it may just be another way of fooling ourselves that
>we're doing something useful and allow the industrial
>charlatans to co-opt yet another sincere and
>meaningful avenue to sustainability by making things
>worse as referenced by the first part of pa's post.
>
what's the alternative pjk? do nothing? something - even if mistakes are made are better than recognizing a problem but doing nothing to solve it. pjk - industrialism is bigger than all of us but to assume prior to taking action that action will fail because those in power are inherantly evil prevents trying. quite frankly - i don't think that's the mentality of this country nor would i hope for it.

we can all provide examples where moving ahead against powerful odds has proven to be positive change if not absolute good. we can also provide examples where moving ahead has presented negative consequences. without starting a ledger my experience is that risk usually results in reward - even if we can't see it in the moment. personally, i believe something is better than nothing and my experience is that the big advances (in health care anyway usually) come from small observations in individuals.

solving a small part of the problem is still solving a part of the problem and may be impetus for a sea change. I understand - it may also be imeptus for nothing but where do you want to put your emotional energy? i'd rather put mine in dreaming big and failing but at least trying.

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