tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post4268779592813326104..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: People PowerJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-59044782069371837192012-01-11T17:59:05.501-10:002012-01-11T17:59:05.501-10:00Lack of awareness is the problem. You are exhibit ...Lack of awareness is the problem. You are exhibit A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-41271719989023406102012-01-11T07:31:05.542-10:002012-01-11T07:31:05.542-10:00Problem? I don't have a problem.Problem? I don't have a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-58387067345262975632012-01-11T06:53:48.297-10:002012-01-11T06:53:48.297-10:00Therein lies the problem.Therein lies the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-2887981196437792562012-01-10T22:22:09.016-10:002012-01-10T22:22:09.016-10:00It's my world and you just get to live in it.It's my world and you just get to live in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-52155877244803998252012-01-10T21:50:49.687-10:002012-01-10T21:50:49.687-10:00Reminds me of the English Beat song:
I just found ...Reminds me of the English Beat song:<br />I just found out the name of your best friend,<br />you been talkin' about yourself again,<br />and no one seems to share your views.<br />why doesn't everybody listen to you kid?<br />how come you never really seem to get through, is it you?<br />talk about yourself again, you.<br />talk about yourself,<br />always you, you, you.<br />talk about yourself again.<br /><br />Borrring!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-28076073832714882572012-01-10T07:49:29.601-10:002012-01-10T07:49:29.601-10:00I'll take my lifestyle over any of those propo...I'll take my lifestyle over any of those proposed by the aging hippies and neo-hippies living on that little Gilligan's Island zoo you have there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-20205675955778410212012-01-09T20:48:34.189-10:002012-01-09T20:48:34.189-10:00Yawn! Dude, you'll be charged with murder for ...Yawn! Dude, you'll be charged with murder for boring those around you to death before 25 years go by. You sound like my grandfather. He keeps repeating himself, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-23542270258051027142012-01-09T09:35:35.209-10:002012-01-09T09:35:35.209-10:00Why can't I?
Because I'm not into: A) sym...Why can't I?<br /><br />Because I'm not into: A) symbolic gestures; B) living a 19th century lifestyle.<br /><br />I want all the 21st century can give me. I'll take the good with the bad since the bad doesn't impact my life in any discernible way, nor will it for the approx. 25 years I have left here.<br /><br />Mortgaging the future? You betcha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-89150512579115567272012-01-09T07:34:26.881-10:002012-01-09T07:34:26.881-10:00Sure...power down for about 10-12 hours in some sy...Sure...power down for about 10-12 hours in some symbolic gesture. Then power back up because we can't really live without it.<br /><br />Why can't you? many of us do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-34235773244817129862012-01-07T13:26:20.660-10:002012-01-07T13:26:20.660-10:00We have made life very complicated with all our el...We have made life very complicated with all our electronic "addictions".<br /><br />Public transportation is "sketchy" and riding a bike without bike lanes is dangerous.<br /><br />But, as a culture, we are lazy. And we keep lights on, devices plugged in and buy appliances that "eat" lots of electricity.<br /><br />The Cheap solutions might not be practical nor environmentally "kosher" like burning coal.<br /><br />But theoretically we could use Sun and Wind energy (windward side) to fuel our addictions. Start up costs are expensive for the average person or if you rent...what do you do?<br /><br />Reduce, Recycle, Reuse<br /><br />Dr ShibaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-35506195454638984352012-01-07T11:04:31.844-10:002012-01-07T11:04:31.844-10:00We're such "creatures of habit", and...We're such "creatures of habit", and the surest way of maintaining the status quo is to simply accept things as they are and continue complaining about why things ain't so good!<br />"We have met the enemy, and he is us!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-37834061949006471022012-01-06T10:28:03.939-10:002012-01-06T10:28:03.939-10:00Sure...power down for about 10-12 hours in some sy...Sure...power down for about 10-12 hours in some symbolic gesture. Then power back up because we can't really live without it.<br /><br />Next, try living for, say, 3 months, without any product made in China or with components/ingredients from China.<br /><br />Combine that with no power and we'll all live a happy 19th century lifestyle.<br /><br />I'll stay with the 21st century, thank you very much.<br /><br />BTW - I have net metering so my electric bill is about $20/month...the minimum cost to have a meter hung on the house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com