@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:
how do we achieve mass part production with low carbon footprint.
Take bicycles, scooters, etc. instead of cars, for example. They use much less parts and much smaller/simpler parts than cars and trucks. So that means less factories producing all those parts, less warehouses storing and shipping them, less commercial traffic, etc.
Workers/unions are terrified of this prospect because they want all those jobs working in and on all those factories and supply chains. That is the biggest problem, really; i.e. that human workers have grown accustomed to power-assisted work activities that don't require much physical labor to achieve big effects.
That's really the core purpose of industrialism, if you think about it. Still, there's another aspect of industrialism that is good, which is the ability to apply scientific knowledge to achieve things in a very efficient way. It's this second aspect that makes it possible to have a climate-friendly industrial/consumer economy with perks like electronic gadgets and super aerogel insulation that uses precious little energy to run things.
Quote:AND BTW, wht are you doing about your own carbon footprint is a very very good query . Youve been preaching about reduction of govts role and individual rsponsibility, so when you are aked about your own contributions, you call folks names.
It's dumb to turn this into a discussion about my personal actions. Regardless of what I do or don't do as an individual, it's what everyone else does that matters. Let's say I am very good at reducing my footprint, then critics will just call me extreme and say other people don't want to live like that. If I say I do nothing or very little to reduce my footprint, then they'll just say my words are empty. Either way it is a pointless diversion into personal information.
