lol- Apologize if I came off terse. I have been running low-level intermittent fever due to frequent association with children recently immigrated.BRUTE said: no
Right, and I do not see anything resembling a change in this reality. Humans are very short-sighted. I am currently very frustrated with the behaviors/agendas of both sides of the political spectrum (trickle-down monopoly market idiocy vs. everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-inclusivity towards complete ineffectiveness) in my neck of the woods. The infrastructure that grew up and around the declining automotive industry is in decay, so property values are extremely low, but the city of Detroit is located on a major river, in a region that includes a huge percentage of the fresh water supply on the planet, and is capable of growing the widest variety of food outside of California. So, IMHO, it does not seem even medium term rational to choose to increase the amount of toxic waste being sequestered here, while lawns are being watered and air conditioners are humming in the realm of new crap-azz construction in the middle of some god-forsaken desert.Riggerjack said: No, the real problem with nuke power is spectacularly mismanaged waste
lol- You should show some mercy and recall that he is stuck in debate with a person who is trying to convince him to live in a slightly leaky 1970s camper on a vacant lot in a not-entirely-safe urban situation. He has already admitted that I am "the brains of the operation", but I think we should give him some credit for some level of expertise in the realm in which he has been paid the big bucks by a variety of governments/corporations. I think that what he would say about the "flat roof" matter would be that it is likely that you are somebody who is involved in the residential roofing industry which rips off consumers by convincing them to retain a "quaint" solution which is rarely observed on any commercial structure. I think what he would say about the geo-thermal matter would be that his solution would be inclusive of razing all the archaic pre-mid-20th century and crappy-post-mid-20th century near-urban family homes in our region, and replacing them with steel high rise housing surrounded by green-space, so there would be no neighbors with whom to compete for geo-thermal. He would also likely admit that geo-thermal would not offer a complete solution in our region where the winters are very cold and the summers can be hot and humid.....something, something, something... equation, equation, equation...ventilation!!!....waste outputs integrated...something, something, something.Riggerjack said: This must be the guy who thinks flat roofs are a great idea.
He also believes that some of my tendencies towards self-sufficient generalist functioning are wrong-minded because I am wasting my brain and causing other people to not have jobs which they might need to keep themselves fed. I am halfway convinced that he is right, because I currently reside in a neighborhood where I can readily find 8th graders with crack-head mothers willing to shovel the snow on my property for the price of a pizza, and recently immigrated women who will prepare a tray of roasted eggplant, peppers and chicken for an hourly wage less than I procure for teaching their kids algorithm for long division.
Part of the reason (most of the reason having to do with retention of full head of hair and cute azz and willingness to play a bit rough) I keep him around in spite of idiotic voting behavior, is that I find his methods towards frugality/conservation an interesting complement to my own. For instance, when not traveling for work, he resides with his best friend who is an eccentric very frugal multi-millionaire in his 70s. The ancient mailbox mounted near the porch on his friend's house finally fell apart. Instead of buying a new mailbox, he took it to an iron worker he hired on some major contract and had him weld it back together. And, he took a hideously ugly broken belt that somebody bought him to a local independent shoe repair guy to have the buckle replaced and the leather dyed a more attractive matte black. IOW, he is more inclined to appreciate or accumulate an eclectic "village" of others who have artisan specialist skills which they trade for money.