2 to power an average Dutch home, an American home takes on average 3 times more energy.
Important bit in TFA: the 18-meter windmill nearby only cost about 20% more than the combined cost of all the small windmills, yet it produces 20 TIMES the power.
This, along with many other comments, fails to note that while it's possible to raise animals for meat in a way that makes sense and is sustainable, that's not what we DO. We raise them in the worst way possible, feeding them stuff humans CAN eat, stuff that they AREN'T necessarily better at digesting.
It's entirely possible to get enough calories and nutrients from purely vegetarian sources. That said, eating completely vegan can be pretty difficult without resorting to dietary supplements, and pretty boring unless you're inventive/adventurous, so I've never advocated a vegan diet. However, we eat way too much meat - we don't need anywhere near the 9 oz per day that the average american apparently eats. I'm a fan of the advice given by Michael Pollan here: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
Bah. A TRUE computophile won't settle for less than a full-fledged Analytical Engine. Gears are the true analog circuits!
I can really tell the difference, because every month when the coal bill comes, I know it must be good, because it is using butt-loads of coal.
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http://improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i3/air-1-3-apples.html I'd say that's pretty fair. Turns out they're quite similar, incidentally.
2 to power an average Dutch home, an American home takes on average 3 times more energy. Important bit in TFA: the 18-meter windmill nearby only cost about 20% more than the combined cost of all the small windmills, yet it produces 20 TIMES the power.
Relative to Kim Jong Il, I would say that most anyone is at the very least reasonably balanced.
Wouldn't that be Tremors more than GoW2? I'd say Dune, but it's pretty well established that sandworms can't tunnel through rock.
This, along with many other comments, fails to note that while it's possible to raise animals for meat in a way that makes sense and is sustainable, that's not what we DO. We raise them in the worst way possible, feeding them stuff humans CAN eat, stuff that they AREN'T necessarily better at digesting.
It's entirely possible to get enough calories and nutrients from purely vegetarian sources. That said, eating completely vegan can be pretty difficult without resorting to dietary supplements, and pretty boring unless you're inventive/adventurous, so I've never advocated a vegan diet. However, we eat way too much meat - we don't need anywhere near the 9 oz per day that the average american apparently eats. I'm a fan of the advice given by Michael Pollan here: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
And we don't know the safe word.
Bah. A TRUE computophile won't settle for less than a full-fledged Analytical Engine. Gears are the true analog circuits! I can really tell the difference, because every month when the coal bill comes, I know it must be good, because it is using butt-loads of coal.