tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609305385565210918.post4787844268044541571..comments2023-10-04T08:28:55.691-04:00Comments on Synthetic Culture: EnduranceElucidatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750374202062192039noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609305385565210918.post-67514610497622577612009-01-23T00:03:00.000-05:002009-01-23T00:03:00.000-05:00Solar for power and water heat.Natural gas could b...Solar for power and water heat.<BR/><BR/>Natural gas could be interesting. Until the late 1980's it was common in rural china, families kept pigs in their basements to produce natural gas for cooking.<BR/><BR/>They must have used a real high fiber diet for that.<BR/><BR/>Big agribussiness making less fructose corn, would only make family farms worth more in value. Although less fructose corn consumption in this time might get evened out by bio-disel. <BR/><BR/>They could trade with everyone but maybe family farms. Those would be the only other folks who could make soy into fuel.<BR/><BR/>Somehow I think more as I type, bio-disel would just be like crude and cash now.J. SPIKE ROGANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09812618604210761080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609305385565210918.post-22519007820713066822009-01-22T21:34:00.000-05:002009-01-22T21:34:00.000-05:00While at a cafe on the mountain in sydney,my cousi...While at a cafe on the mountain in sydney,my cousin pointed out a piece of land that was rathar large and not developed.she told me that the immigrants would take a certain area of the the land and grow their own produce on top of what they grew in their homes,they would then share what they grew with other farmers.there was an area which was not visible from the cafe we were at and she said that was used for live animals cows.pigs and chickens under the same concept.it was not that they could not afford it,but rathar if they didn't grow it they did not want to give it to their family.my niece is a clinical psychologist unlike me a COGNITIVE psychlogist.she told me that in her undergraduate days she came upon some studies of mental institutions in the 60's and 70's which used a TOKEN economy.they would give the patients tokens for good behaviour[making thier bed,bathing,brushing teeth].the tokens were used at the hospital store 2 buy candy or other goodies.this system was a failure because when the patients were discharged there was no one 2 reward the good behaviour and it stopped.I am not afraid of anyone,that is why i sign tunsie at the end of my comment....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609305385565210918.post-84907472747273950932009-01-22T21:23:00.000-05:002009-01-22T21:23:00.000-05:00As I said before: The trick is to find a job that ...As I said before: The trick is to find a job that can support you doing that type of work so you can survive, too.<BR/><BR/>And there's enough money to be made to survive. I've managed with nearly nothing, though I hope I never have to again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609305385565210918.post-20389989123715018682009-01-22T15:26:00.000-05:002009-01-22T15:26:00.000-05:00No, S, the point here is that THERE IS NO MONEY. N...No, S, the point here is that THERE IS NO MONEY. No monetary compensation to be had. So, you have X, but you need Y. If someone will give you a meal in exchange for teaching a child to draw, you're in luck. Otherwise, you starve. Better plant a garden, in case no one wants to learn how to play guitar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609305385565210918.post-79075330382305221452009-01-22T12:48:00.000-05:002009-01-22T12:48:00.000-05:00I'm thinking more on the lines of making a pot of ...I'm thinking more on the lines of making a pot of soup for a shelter, or teaching a child to draw. Or making a quilt, writing a poem, playing a guitar, painting a picture. Each can be work...AND can be a pleasure. And may not necessarily be compensated for properly, monetarily. For instance, I know many talented teachers and professors who continue in that line of work, knowing full well that there are better paying jobs elsewhere...but who love to teach. And countless artists who put up with menial jobs so they can continue to produce their real work: their art. Just a few examples. There are more. So the question becomes this: what do we value most?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609305385565210918.post-70839107986100296612009-01-22T11:48:00.000-05:002009-01-22T11:48:00.000-05:00Singing for your supper, in other words. In the ab...Singing for your supper, in other words. In the absence of money, supper and a smile is about all you'll get by sharing your talent. Oh, right, the joy of it as well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609305385565210918.post-38975139549370937932009-01-22T10:08:00.000-05:002009-01-22T10:08:00.000-05:00Maybe the Amish have it right. But I disagree wit...Maybe the Amish have it right. <BR/><BR/>But I disagree with one point of your blog; there is some work that is done just for the joy of it, like sharing a talent or helping someone where you have a skill and there's a need. The "payoff" for that type of work may not be monetary, but it does make you feel pretty good. The trick is to find a job that can support you doing that type of work so you can survive, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com