Comments on: Can we build the future? http://blog.techfun.org/2007/12/can-we-build-the-future/ Linux, Politics, Whatever... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:44:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam Kamerer - JoyChaser.com http://blog.techfun.org/2007/12/can-we-build-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Adam Kamerer - JoyChaser.com Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:53:49 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/can-we-build-the-future#comment-235 Very informative post. Thanks for posting this. Very informative post. Thanks for posting this.

]]> By: Techfun http://blog.techfun.org/2007/12/can-we-build-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Techfun Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:30:21 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/can-we-build-the-future#comment-234 Thanks Will. I'm putting a lot of my hopes on river and oceanic tidal power generation because those turbines use materials that are still abundant and many of the materials that could be recycled from aging coal fired power plants if needed. Thanks Will. I’m putting a lot of my hopes on river and oceanic tidal power generation because those turbines use materials that are still abundant and many of the materials that could be recycled from aging coal fired power plants if needed.

]]> By: Will http://blog.techfun.org/2007/12/can-we-build-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Will Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:58:34 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/can-we-build-the-future#comment-233 Great post! I wondered about the increased price of indium when I read about it somewhere recently. There was a lot of opinion that the new generation of solar technology will not be the answer as it is not a big enough leap in efficiency to be the solar solution of the future. If the raw material indium is not going to available anyway, then that really does it in. -Will Great post! I wondered about the increased price of indium when I read about it somewhere recently. There was a lot of opinion that the new generation of solar technology will not be the answer as it is not a big enough leap in efficiency to be the solar solution of the future. If the raw material indium is not going to available anyway, then that really does it in.

-Will

]]> By: Patricia http://blog.techfun.org/2007/12/can-we-build-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Patricia Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:55:19 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/can-we-build-the-future#comment-231 Great response. I know that I continually forget about the whole "population" problem unless faced with the question directly. Either by you here or like the other day when my son told me that he wished that no one would ever die. I had to explain to him why it was an important fact of life. That we would soon run out of resources and space for every one. He's 8...he didn't like the answer, but he understood it. This is such an important part of it, but like you said...it always seems to be on the back burner. Soon, we will all have to put it back on the front burner or deal with some major consequences. Great response. I know that I continually forget about the whole “population” problem unless faced with the question directly. Either by you here or like the other day when my son told me that he wished that no one would ever die. I had to explain to him why it was an important fact of life. That we would soon run out of resources and space for every one. He’s 8…he didn’t like the answer, but he understood it. This is such an important part of it, but like you said…it always seems to be on the back burner. Soon, we will all have to put it back on the front burner or deal with some major consequences.

]]> By: Techfun http://blog.techfun.org/2007/12/can-we-build-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Techfun Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:59:58 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/can-we-build-the-future#comment-230 Thanks Patricia, glad you found it informative. You asked "where is this going to leave our children" which always brings me back to one of the things that has taken a back burner to issues like climate change and energy independence and other issues - sustainable population levels. As long as the world's population grows at the current rates, there is no way we can effectively address the problems facing us. If we all managed to cut down our consumption of EVERYTHING - gas and oil, minerals, food, iPods... EVERYTHING to exactly half our current levels, we will be in worse shape than we are now within another 2-3 generations. I say worse because today there are so many developing countries who currently use far less than half the resources of a typical American. If we look at the increases in things like car ownership and personal electronics in China and India we can see that they are becoming more like us while we should be trying to be more like them in our consumption patterns. Thanks Patricia, glad you found it informative. You asked “where is this going to leave our children” which always brings me back to one of the things that has taken a back burner to issues like climate change and energy independence and other issues – sustainable population levels.

As long as the world’s population grows at the current rates, there is no way we can effectively address the problems facing us. If we all managed to cut down our consumption of EVERYTHING – gas and oil, minerals, food, iPods… EVERYTHING to exactly half our current levels, we will be in worse shape than we are now within another 2-3 generations. I say worse because today there are so many developing countries who currently use far less than half the resources of a typical American. If we look at the increases in things like car ownership and personal electronics in China and India we can see that they are becoming more like us while we should be trying to be more like them in our consumption patterns.

]]> By: Patricia http://blog.techfun.org/2007/12/can-we-build-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Patricia Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:09:10 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/can-we-build-the-future#comment-232 Very informative post. It does scare me that we are depleting our natural resources faster than they can be replenished. Where is this going to leave our children down the road? We have to make this a priority and the whole world has to work together on this issue. Thanks for guiding me here. Very informative post. It does scare me that we are depleting our natural resources faster than they can be replenished. Where is this going to leave our children down the road? We have to make this a priority and the whole world has to work together on this issue. Thanks for guiding me here.

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