tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post1219105586640229590..comments2024-03-08T23:02:52.735-06:00Comments on Little Blog In The Big Woods: The Struggle for RationalityGreenpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-7075635046382093052012-02-21T08:23:19.114-06:002012-02-21T08:23:19.114-06:00Adam- those are excellent questions; lucidly state...Adam- those are excellent questions; lucidly stated- but boy, the answers I can offer are not short. :-)<br /><br />I'll get you a reply of some kind in the next couple days; most likely this will wind up the next post here-Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-21518303604147941452012-02-20T04:49:31.510-06:002012-02-20T04:49:31.510-06:00This is a little off-topic, but I hope you'll ...This is a little off-topic, but I hope you'll find a few minutes do answer this question. I'm a journalist for the largest polish biotechnology journal on-line. At the moment I'm working on an article about green energy and our dependance on fossil fuels. As you live completely independant for 30 years - and I know you are "man of your words" so could you please write me back with the answer for the following questions: What are our chances to become independent from fossil fuels and the lobby of big energy companies? Are the "green technologies" advanced enough to replace "traditional" energy sources? Why is it so hard to force any "green initiatives" on larger scale? I'd be very gratefull if you could help me by sending you commentary on this subject.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />adam/biotechnologia.pl<br />globsite (_put_AT_here) gmail (dot) comAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623035483980551869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-48004319016816121552012-02-10T13:44:07.977-06:002012-02-10T13:44:07.977-06:00I suspect that there is a multi-pronged problem re...I suspect that there is a multi-pronged problem regarding giving The Truth some treads. One is that human irrationality bit that you have already discussed. Another is the tendency for people to run on autopilot simply because it requires a certain amount of energy to tread water and live every day as we do now in a system that is accustomed to taking as much out of us as it can, much less swim against the current to where we want to go, and I'll be the first to admit that people (myself included) don't always have the additional energy to overcome delta-h and catalysts are few and far between. But also, even when individuals see The Truth, there isn't always a clear path forward from where we are to where we should/could/want to be as an outcome. Even if we individually see that where we are now isn't right/good/wise living, the Scientific Method doesn't always provide the vision and guidance and direction to create from new cloth (or even recycled/repurposed cloth) a system that is right/good/wise. And being human, people can be guaranteed to not agree on what that would be. So my individual steps are in some ways counterbalanced by another's steps in different directions (which is partly why the system is stable in the current state anyways) such that the only way to move the system from one state of being to another seems to require some sort of non-linear disturbance that dramatically shifts the entire system to a new place of stability (ie - a "crisis" in economic and political terms).KFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-6959314747225957402012-02-08T15:39:27.445-06:002012-02-08T15:39:27.445-06:00Thanks for the reality check Greenpa.Thanks for the reality check Greenpa.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10975493849986519152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-1981472675174731522012-02-07T02:58:16.562-06:002012-02-07T02:58:16.562-06:00I keep getting these schizophrenic flashes. One mi...I keep getting these schizophrenic flashes. One minute I reading doom and gloom, the next I'm making dinner as normal. So what is real? <br /><br />I suspect both are but there needs to be something to bring it all together and - like the occupiers - I don't have much of a clue what that is yet. Maybe we all just sink back into the wild again ever so slowly. I want there to be more to it than that but more of what??<br /><br />viv in nzknutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.com