"What are you doing, besides words on a forum??
Politicians and corporations use words to avoid
true action. Don't fall into that trap.
Words are easy, those of us biting the bullet and
doing even when the payback does not exist in our
lifetime will at least change our own patterns and
thats the start, leading by example.
This all started as a hobby for me. Now I am an energy tyrant.
I hope that I will never become an energy tyrant.
I think that we can do 'these things' many ways.
(To be 'an energy tyrant' might suit to you, however.
I have no idea about your living style or about
the people, with whom you are cooperating. )
It is quite sure that we cannot stop using oil or
nuclear energy either quickly. But I don't see big
problems with that just now, we just need to be
tolerant and let people to take their time.
Competition for oil reserves will maybe lead
into more wars in the future, if the consumption
patterns would not change.
Waste problems of nuclear energy need some kind
of permanent solutions, too. I think that the
whole idea of using uranium for energy production
(and even more for weapons) was a big mistake.
Nuclear power stations should be closed.
Concerning my own activities.
I returned home from a quite long trip (about six
months) to India and Nepal about 7 weeks ago. In
India I helped some of my friends with their
political agendas and some of them with their
development of renewable energy technology
(wind machines, steam engines and such stuff).
In Nepal similar things with politics and doing
plans for some renewable energy things.
In Finland I'm living in a house owned by the
state. I cannot build much energy systems here.
In Finland I'm as well mainly working to help some
of my friends to build their systems, not my own
energy systems.
In my opinion some kind of politics is as well
quite important. Most of American politicians
(including AlGore and Mr. Bush) are rather bad.
They should be changed, of course.
Most Finnish politicians are rather bad, too.
They should be changed, too.
In my opinion politicians should be selected by
lotteries, not by voting. Votes you can too easily
buy as you see.
- Hannu