[Greenbuilding] Growing food by electeric light - urban sustainability?

[David Bergman]

Just meant that asking which of two things is preferable, when there 
are other more preferable choices is an example of a false dilemma or 
false choice. Classic example is paper vs plastic bags.

David

At 09:04 PM 6/10/2012, you wrote:
>" False dilemma. "
>Thats it? You're just going to leave us hanging?
>
>Gennaro Brooks-Church
>Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
>Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
><http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com>www.EcoBrooklyn.com
>22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>
>
>
>On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 8:56 PM, David Bergman 
><<mailto:bergman at cyberg.com>bergman at cyberg.com> wrote:
>False dilemma.
>
>
>At 09:21 AM 6/10/2012, you wrote:
>><http://www.urbansustainable.org/>http://www.urbansustainable.org 
>>is encouraging city dwellers to grow food indoors using electricity.
>>
>>I asked one of the staff if it's more sustainable to grow food 
>>locally using electricity than buying food at a store, he said yes!
>>
>>Not convinced? Are you?
>>
>>~sanjay
>>_______________________________________________
>>Greenbuilding mailing list
>>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address
>><mailto:Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org>Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org
>>
>>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page
>><http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org>http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org 
>>
>
>
>David Bergman  RA   LEED AP
>DAVID BERGMAN ARCHITECT / FIRE & WATER LIGHTING + FURNITURE
>architecture . interiors . ecodesign . lighting . furniture
><mailto:bergman at cyberg.com>bergman at cyberg.com    www.cyberg.com
>241 Eldridge Street #3R, New York, NY 10002
>t 212 475 3106    f <tel:212%20677%207291>212 677 7291
>
>author - Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
>adjunct faculty - Parsons The New School for Design
>
>_______________________________________________
>Greenbuilding mailing list
>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address
><mailto:Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org>Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org
>
>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page
><http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org>http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Greenbuilding mailing list
>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address
>Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org
>
>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page
>http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org


David Bergman  RA   LEED AP
DAVID BERGMAN ARCHITECT / FIRE & WATER LIGHTING + FURNITURE
architecture . interiors . ecodesign . lighting . furniture
bergman at cyberg.com    www.cyberg.com
241 Eldridge Street #3R, New York, NY 10002
t 212 475 3106    f 212 677 7291

author - Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
adjunct faculty - Parsons The New School for Design  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20120612/8e4c8036/attachment.html>