[SustainableTompkins] total life cycle costs

[George Adams]

[this is in response to Jeanne's mention of a Thomas Hartmann book in the
"new solar panel technology" thread.  I am trying to keep the topic
indicative of the contents as the thread broadens and meanders....hey, it
happens]

Concerning coal, the "gorilla in the room" that Hartmann may have ignored:
What we need to keep from poisoning ourselves on cheap carbon fuels is
profound and difficult.  Instead of viewing plentiful coal a godsend, we
should view the air, the atmospheric composition more or less as humanity
found it, to be the godsend.  We have taken the boon of cool blue skies for
granted.  That is a value shift some on this list have made or are making.
What will train the rest of the world about the need to see this matter
differently?  Until that persuader is found, our best efforts at
conservation will be largely drowned out by consumption-as-usual:(

-George
-- 
freedom is not more important than fairness and much easier to fake.