Eco friendly family house
missingsock:
Quote from: witch on 2011 July 08, 22:56:26
And basically, I think it's too late anyway, I think we're fucked, the human race is on the way out. Global warming, the rising oceans and the lack of oil is going to be what does us in. I don't understand why everyone isn't in a panic about this.
I'm curious as to why no one brought this up, I think about this from time to time. Do you ever wonder what on earth humans can do to dig themselves out of this huge hole?
Anyways, nice house :)
PA:
Quote from: missingsock on 2011 July 10, 08:16:37
Quote from: witch on 2011 July 08, 22:56:26
And basically, I think it's too late anyway, I think we're fucked, the human race is on the way out. Global warming, the rising oceans and the lack of oil is going to be what does us in. I don't understand why everyone isn't in a panic about this.
I'm curious as to why no one brought this up, I think about this from time to time. Do you ever wonder what on earth humans can do to dig themselves out of this huge hole?
The people that could, don't want to; the people who want to, can't.
I certainly don't blame China and India for not wanting to stop developing, and anything the US, UK, and Australia do is pointless in the face of that, unless the things done is stop acting like they can control the weather and start acting like they are intelligent and innovative and start innovating already. The US sits on obscene amounts of natural gas, and if we had the cojones to get to it and use it, it wouldn't be nearly as expensive to switch to it as it would to switch to developing and therefore expensive technologies.
We'll see what happens if the sun enters another Grand Minimum as some suspect.
snapzit:
Put up a few windmills godammit. It'll help the cute solar panels.
Besides, for a house this size, you need panels on every square inch of roof surface to do anything at all, and the enormous cost of those panels will never be actualized in saving the current generation any money. Here in Florida it costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $35,000.00 to fit solar panels on a modest sized home. The roof will be covered with them. They will power everything EXCEPT air conditioning, which is needed at least 6 months a year. During the winter, the home will be completely off the grid and the power company is required to pay back the energy that they then use for others. Grid based power consumption is reduced, not eliminated.
Keep the wood burning stove. There are dark days during and after hurricanes when no sun is to be seen and no power to be had. Strictly biased by location, of course. Or you could just use an outdoor grill like I do.
Speaking of which (!) Is there any way to make grills more versatile with recipes? I learned to cook just about anything over an open fire during several hurricanes, from breakfast to soups and full dinners.
virgali:
I absolutely love your lots Witch, I hope you're willing to share more of them in the future.
ETA: I'm not at all concerned about the human race. In fact I embrace the day we'll get wiped out. The only reason I would panic is that I probably won't live long enough to see it happen. I mean come on, we had our chance and we crewed up big time. The world is much better off without us.
jezzer:
Quote from: virgali on 2011 July 26, 16:21:09
I'm not at all concerned about the human race. In fact I embrace the day we'll get wiped out. The only reason I would panic is that I probably won't live long enough to see it happen. I mean come on, we had our chance and we crewed up big time. The world is much better off without us.
Wow, what a whiny fucking loser attitude. Sack up.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page