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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)use our technology judiciously. Yeah, I know I talk about going back to the earth, but that's just me. I know not everyone can live out in the woods without much technology like I can and other wilderness types. However, I'm dismayed that people don't think about what they are doing to our home. There was just a report on the radio about global climate change and how we aren't going to have enough water in the near future. Now here is a place we could put technology to use if only humanity has the will. All those ice sheets that are melting at the poles. It's fresh water. Why aren't we harvesting it for future use before it disappears into the ocean?
As far as reverting back to before the industrial revolution. I think in many ways we should. We really don't need to use all the energy we use today just because we have it. Sure. I want our hospitals and medical facilities to be state of the art. I don't want to go backwards there. But take air conditioning. There are so many ways that were pre-industrial to keep our buildings cool that we used back in the days of the old south, that I believe would cut down our need for air conditioning if we only used them. No I'm not for throwing out the air conditioning just using smart methods of cooling so you use it less. I personally planted trees ten years ago, to keep my trailer shaded on hot days. It's starting to pay off. I'm much cooler on hot days and I don't have air conditioning.
I grew up without heating in a place that was very cold. All we had was a wood burning stove and a fireplace. We bundled in warm clothes as well. I don't use my gas heater to this day. I trap as much heat as I can from cooking in cold weather and blankets and warm clothes do the rest. I wish I had a fireplace but I don't so I do otherwise.