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<DIV>If I had to choose between a freezer and a refrigerator, I would certainly
choose the freezer. With the freezer, I could not only preserve food, but
I could also make ice which could be used to substitute for the refrigerator for
short-term food safety, which is the primary purpose of the refrigerator.</DIV>
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<DIV>But I think this is a worthy project. (I say as I type my email on a
computer powered by grid electricity “although I pay extra for wind generation
support” from a utility that generally relies on coal and natural gas.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob Waldrop, Okie City</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=9watts@gmail.com
href="mailto:9watts@gmail.com">Reuben Deumling</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 17, 2011 2:46 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org
href="mailto:greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Greenbuilding] if we had to cut all our firewood by
hand...</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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we would insulate our houses *much, much, much* better.<BR><BR>If we had to
generate electricity to power our refrigerator with a pedal
generator...<BR><BR>... we would have smaller and better insulated
refrigerators, or perhaps none at all.<BR><BR>If we had to grow the rapeseed and
press it into oil and make biodiesel out of it to drive anywhere....<BR><BR>...
we would probably bike instead. <BR><BR>If we did not have the energy slaves
(fossil fuels) doing all this work for us all the time we would work harder,
waste less, be more likely to live within our means, and rediscover a whole lot
about how our systems of provisioning fit together, what makes them go. Sounds
kind of back-to-the-land-ey, doesn't it? But what if we really had to all do it
this time?<BR><BR>I'm trying to map out and then figure out how to phase out my
<U>direct </U>reliance on fossil fuels one category at a time (<U>indirect </U>I
hope to get to eventually). It is exhausting just cataloging it all. Has anyone
else here tried something like this? It seems like a lifetime project. Perhaps
it will become mine.<BR><BR>Reuben<BR>
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