Don Enss
1.
How would you feel if a
neighbor erected a windmill in her or his backyard and it had an annoying hum
all night and day?
2.
Would you be willing to
travel to Washington DC in the summer time to bring a greater awareness to
climate change? Would that include being willing to be arrested? Pros and Cons?
3.
What are tailing ponds
and why are they important? I had never heard of them until reading about them
in Klein’s book. Here’s the link to help you become familiar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_sands_tailings_ponds
How can we get this posted on Facebook,
Twitter, and whatever?
4.
How can you get
legislators to vote against their own financial and re-election interest?
1. I feel like that situation could easily be fixed by just not allowing the windmill to rotate at night. I live in a close together neighborhood so to me if it was annoying everyone and preventing people from sleeping at night, that should be taken into consideration and a compromise could be made that would remedy the problem while still getting what you want which is wind power it would just be with about 8-10 less hours during nighttime. Also the fact that this is an issue I'm sure that sometime in the future it could be fixed by developing a sound dampener if you will. The more people who have them and the more "normal" they become, these issues will be fixed through new technologies similar to how most everything is nowadays that we use on a regular basis
ReplyDeleteWhile I think that the humming would be annoying, depending on the volume of the noise, people could simply grow accustomed to the sound of humming. However, if that isn't the case I agree with Kevin that some sort of agreement could be worked out that during the night hours, the windmill would remain off, and during work hours, the windmill would be on. The individual could also invest in different methods of renewable energy if necessary. In addition, I think the idea of a sound dampening method would be the best sort of compromise.
Delete1. Soon you wouldn't even notice the hum. It would be like living next to railroad tracks. It seems like a small price to pay for a windmill.
ReplyDeleteThe "annoying hum" should be music to our ears, if it means we get to keep living on our planet. If sustainability isn't yet beautiful to most of us, that just implies the necessity of dedicating ourselves to reconstructing our aesthetic sense with regard to things like windmills.
ReplyDeleteMore practically, people who can't appreciate the "music" should probably not live next door to windmills (if they have a choice).
Have any of you ever been arrested in a protest? What was that like? Would you do it again?
ReplyDelete4.How can you get legislators to vote against their own financial and re-election interest?
ReplyDeleteOnly elect those who place a higher priority on the public interest, and who support election reform. Next question: How do you do that?
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I would not mind one bit. I would actually admire he or she for doing such a thing. I would probably follow suit and place one in my backyard. So now we will both be annoyed.
ReplyDelete1. There are many privileges that can be a nuisance to our spoiled lives. I would rather hear a windmill turning in the night and know that the environment was benefitting from it. The windmill would entice me to invest in one myself.
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ReplyDeleteBy asking them to stop thinking only about themselves and do what is right and healthy for their friends and family. They need to realize and care that their actions do have consequences.
How can you get legislators to vote against their own financial and re-election interest?
ReplyDeleteId say the best way would be to heavily regulate politicians and thew money in which they can accept and maybe set up an organization that will independently look over these aspects in order to ensure no conflicts of interests.
Would you be willing to travel to Washington DC in the summer time to bring a greater awareness to climate change? Would that include being willing to be arrested? Pros and Cons?
ReplyDeleteI would be all for doing it but again it all revolves around money and some simply dont have the money to both go there and then get bailed out if arrested even though they feel strongly for a cause.