Comments on: Why Permaculture Design?

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:24:46 +0000

I just read here in my newspaper that the European Union every year uses an amount of energy from fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas, equal 12000 times more than all the hydropower Norway produces in one year.

We surely need to introduce some negawatt!

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:58:45 +0000

NEGAVATTS:

“It is cheaper to generate Negawatts — avoided energy demand through resource efficiency — than to provide new power sources. Even without energy taxes which reflect the environmental costs of energy production, investments in energy efficient motors, lights, buildings, vehicles, etc. offer rapid paybacks. Many utilities promote energy efficiency through technical assistance and financial incentives.”

See: http://www.reliableprosperity.net/renewable_energy.html

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:12 +0000

Thanks for the comments folks!

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:44:05 +0000

What colossal, cosmic, arrogance!

See: http://gadfly.igc.org/eds/envt/trees.htm

It’s horrible to see the picture with the monoculture of houses. Why can’t people understand that monoculture makes life monotone? Here is a better alternative: http://www.dianaleafechristian.org/creating.html

By: Krisztina Duffy

Krisztina Duffy — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:33:49 +0000

Hi everyone,

What a wonderful reality check. Thank you Rob.

Krisztina