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The Obama Energy Plan and our Homes
How will Obama’s energy polices affect our homes? We won’t really know until his proposals are debated and enacted by congress, but we can get a sense of what might happen from his campai… more →
Sustainable Dwelling
The Obama Energy Plan and our Homes
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: How will Obama’s energy polices affect our homes? We won’t really know until his propos … more →
The Pickens Plan
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: I have nothing against wind power and think it will be an important part of our future energy mix. … more →
Fossil Fuel Whack-A-Mole
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: “I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil … The electrification of the au … more →
Natural Gas Shortages and the coming CHILL in America's Living Rooms
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: Conventional, easy-to-get natural gas in the U.S. has already peaked and natural gas from all source … more →
State of the Union 2010
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: “[The President] shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and … more →
Peak Oil, Food, and Eleanor Roosevelt
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: “No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between man and a plot of land. … more →
Solar Water Heating – An Essential Element of our Sustainable Future
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: “Solar water heaters are one of the most commercialized renewable energy technologies in the world a … more →
How our Homes became the Equivalent of a Hummer
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “In 1946, when the American post war housing boom started, the average house was 1100 square feet an … more →
"One Last Chance" for a Sustainable Future?
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “It has often been said that, if the human species fails to make a go of it here on the Earth, some … more →
Fantasy Economics and the Sustainable Society Revolution
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “Macroeconomic theory in our text books conveniently behaves as if the ecosystem does not exist all … more →
Definitions of Sustainability and a Steady State World
John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: ”…the world’s richest 20 per cent of the population consume 86 per cent of its goods and … more →
Energy, Carrying Capacity, and Sustainable Building
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “By their own follies they perished, the fools.” – Homer, The Odyssey The growth of civi … more →
Musings on the Meaning of "Sustainable" and "Green"
John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: The current state of our green, sustainable building “movement” may amount to nothing more than rear … more →
Facing a Painful Future Reality of Sustainability
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “People cannot stand too much reality” – Carl Jung I’ve been musing lately about exactly … more →
Global Warming, Peak Oil, and Pearl Harbor
John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: We now know that energy use by housing in the U.S. accounts for about 21% of green house gas emissio … more →
