Comments on: Soft Development Paths http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/soft-development-paths-520 Free science and engineering in the global public interest Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:22:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vinay Gupta http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/soft-development-paths-520/comment-page-1#comment-4536 Vinay Gupta Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:55:31 +0000 http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/soft-development-paths-520#comment-4536 My current opinion is that what we want is very, very long life durable goods which can include components which aren't made using Permafacture principles, but the cost is amortized over such a long period it still cuts environmental impact to negligible levels. http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Permafacture - explains Permafacture My current opinion is that what we want is very, very long life durable goods which can include components which aren’t made using Permafacture principles, but the cost is amortized over such a long period it still cuts environmental impact to negligible levels.

http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Permafacture – explains Permafacture

]]> By: Vaughn http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/soft-development-paths-520/comment-page-1#comment-4535 Vaughn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:47:09 +0000 http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/soft-development-paths-520#comment-4535 Does the definition of sustainability include an independence from the American or European resource usage methods? Putting my question another way... if you take western oil based technology out of the equation in the interest of sustainability, doesn't that eliminate technologies like solar, LED's, computers, Hexayurts made from styrofoam panels and plastic tapes? Does a lifestyle that is ramped up or founded on technologies that are unsustainable have a built in achiles heal, ultimately dooming it? Does the definition of sustainability include an independence from the American or European resource usage methods?
Putting my question another way… if you take western oil based technology out of the equation in the interest of sustainability, doesn’t that eliminate technologies like solar, LED’s, computers, Hexayurts made from styrofoam panels and plastic tapes? Does a lifestyle that is ramped up or founded on technologies that are unsustainable have a built in achiles heal, ultimately dooming it?

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