OK first for all my friends out there, an update to the No Snivilin Farm Saga---We made the $995 payment last week, so we are only 30 days out on our short term note, selling 30 goats and using the money earmarked for vegetable seeds. We also managed to come up with enough money for the electric bill (3 weeks). Of course, all this means we can't buy hay next week, or people food, or plant the 3 acres of vegetables we had planned, but at least the bank got it's money. Next week, the bank wants another $1995, which I think we can raise, but again, it's going to get a bit hungry around here...
But that's not really what I want to talk about. Sustainability, physical and environmental sustainability is a subject very close to my heart...It's why we started the farm, and the alternative energy company. It's also in real trouble. Not because of the technology, but because once again, we are letting the politicians and corporations set the agenda, and the spin. Take solar as a for instance... Solar thermal electric, with biogas back-up can be built and operated with out large corporate or government involvement (or profits), Solar PV cannot. Guess which one gets the subsidy, and the press.
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