Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Living in community and energy crises

[Judy Baxter (BAXTER]

Howard wrote:
<  But tradeoffs between energy useage and other costs should be
made sensibly, based on realistic extrapolations of energy costs.  Even
>

I don't want to get off topic here but just a reminder.  The issue of use of
fossil fuels is not just cost, but impacts on the environment. Greenhouse
effect, air pollution, etc, - all that gas/oil goes somewhere, and lots of it
winds up in places where the biosphere has not evolved to recycle it. Those
"life=cycle" costs are not (now) factored in, but they are there. There are
lots of reasons to reduce use.

Judy

Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN
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