tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345040556523610998.post1086223074703668402..comments2023-01-07T07:03:03.082-05:00Comments on Points of Inflection: Chapter One: Our Common HomeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08821678105140354829noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345040556523610998.post-50950719288888683522015-07-09T20:51:38.231-04:002015-07-09T20:51:38.231-04:00Thanks for your comments! If items are recycled, ...Thanks for your comments! If items are recycled, I would say that they are not "thrown away" - the essence of the "away" idea seems to me me to be that we want to sent something completely out of the realm that we have to deal with. But nonetheless, reducing consumption in teh first place, or reusing items, is still energetically (and maybe morally?) preferable to recycling... I confess to some skepticism about plasma burners and other "miracle technologies", e.g. see <a href="http://points-of-inflection.blogspot.com/2015/03/transparent-solar-panels-as-metaphor.html" rel="nofollow">this post.</a>John Roehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911318392839061126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345040556523610998.post-7330304544887621932015-07-09T20:29:42.243-04:002015-07-09T20:29:42.243-04:00(following)(following)Eclipse Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285113514786228815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345040556523610998.post-18660723817242421672015-07-09T20:29:15.665-04:002015-07-09T20:29:15.665-04:00Interesting point. But what if the items we throw ...Interesting point. But what if the items we throw away don't come from the <i>non-human created order</i>, but instead come from a <i>human created order</i> instead? What if we so intensified our use (and reuse and replenishing) of our agricultural and forestry sectors, that almost everything we needed came from these areas and super-efficient recycling schemes? EG: Instead of landfill, Plasma Burners can turn ordinary household waste into about half the materials we need to build the next house or car!<br />https://eclipsenow.wordpress.com/recycle/Eclipse Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285113514786228815noreply@blogger.com