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Mar 01, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
Out of all the energy we need,  electricity is possibly the most important to us. If as Ontario urbanites we don't have gas, we take a train or a bus, but turn off our electricity, the X-BOX ceases to function, Computer and Internet are dead and we just might freeze to death in winter. Fortunately our last complete blackout was only during summer. August 2003 almost brought Toronto to its knees with only [if I remember correctly] 24 hours of water left in the towers and not a free electron in the wires.
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Jun 21, 2005 at 11:23 AM |
Economies of scale is a term often used to imply that bigger is better
and small can’t be profitable or sustainable.
If we look at large and small in nature we find dinosaurs, mamooths, insects
and bacteria with us somewhere in between. Nature appears to favour small and
diversifed for survival - large doesn’t seem to fare so well in times of crisis.
How might this apply to the "size" of digesters or renewable energy production
facilities in general ? Click on the "register to read more..." below to find out.
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Jun 20, 2005 at 01:55 AM |
If anyone has any doubts
about the significance of oil & energy to our society & the individual, I would highly recommend
looking at "Oil: The World over a Barrel" , which aired on CBC
in August of
2004.
"Unsustainable" is probably the most polite term that comes to mind as
an
adjective qualifying our portrayed relationship with fossil
fuel sources.
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