Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing California legislative alert

[James Kacki (jimkacki]

As an aside, I can't see 'rogue' solar panels  being too much of an  
issue, but I could easily wind turbines with the noise and visual  
agitation/pollution, could be a big issue for a community.
James

On 10-Apr-08, at 8:24 PM, John Faust wrote:

> "From the  description, I can't tell why the bills are offensive. "
>
> Nor can I. We need to acknowledge the importance of our community  
> and we do
> that through a consensus process in our decision making. But we do  
> have
> moral imperatives that transcend community. One of those is the  
> health of
> the planet and the desperate need to reduce fossil fuel  
> consumption. If 45
> days isn't enough time to offer an equally effective alternative to  
> solar
> panels, then the community hasn't been thinking about the problem and
> shouldn't be allowed to stand in the way. If the community has a  
> viable
> alternative, then 45 days is surely enough time to dissuade a  
> member from
> acting unilaterally. In fact, the threat of unilateral action may  
> stimulate
> communities to actually grapple with this dire
> problem<http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7187/full/ 
> 452531a.html>
> .
>
> John Faust
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