A renewable option in Ontario:

[The Ontario Power Authority] argues that nuclear power is needed for security of supply. But it's not listening to people involved with renewable energy who say the opposite: that there's no security in centralized bigness because when something breaks, there's an immediate crisis. Moreover, the enormous cost of nuclear plants will financially starve other services in the province.
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In Ontario, I wouldn't be surprised if ground-source heating and cooling could eliminate the need for an entire nuclear plant, simply by cutting electricity demand for air conditioners, electric hot water tanks and electric baseboard heaters.

The problem is that high costs and long payback periods are barriers to installations. Ron Dembo of Toronto, however, has a solution: His firm, Zerofootprint Inc., will arrange for installation at no added cost to property owners.

His new firm installs ground-source heating and cooling in newly constructed buildings at no extra cost to builders above what they would otherwise pay for conventional systems. In return, purchasers of the buildings agree to pay Zerofootprint a monthly charge that's slightly below what they would pay for oil or natural gas at the time of purchase.

ARTEX MONKEYS
honestly now.

what!? I don't remember anybody telling me about gnarls barkley before... Anyway, yeah; I saw that picture of those malarchy droogs last night and I was like "they is alllll right".

sweet

uh, comments anyone?

"this ideological model remains the central organising principle of our lives, and as long as it continues to be so, it will automatically undo (with its invisible hand) every single green initiative anybody cares to come up with." (...with respect to Capitalism, if you didn't get the Adam Smith reference)

interesting article... some of you might find this worth reading: It's capitalism or a habitable planet - you can't have both

hmm...


"An ice-sculpture unveiled outside Canada House in London's Trafalgar Square shows a hunter about to strike a seal with his hakapik March 14, 2006. The sculpture was a protest against the annual Canadian seal hunt and was commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare"


see, and I could see an image like that - of a traditional seal hunt - being used to romanticize the whole thing too... but maybe that's just me. Or, perhaps they should do that and make some sort of commentary on the difference between subsistence and taking advantage of resources. Wouldn't that turn an interesting light on things?

DUDE i told you about them like two weeks ago!
here they is. ILLEST SHIT

well, maybe not exactly my two FAVOURITE... but they're up there; DM especially. I got carried away.

gnarls barkley = CEE-LO + DANGERMOUSE!?? Where the FUCK have I been!? My two favourite hip hop artists in one crew!??? I need to hear that shit...

DAMN.