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Date:         Mon, 7 Sep 1992 08:48:00 EST
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              EASTON PA" <LOGANT@LAFAYETT.BITNET>
From:         "TRACY LOGAN, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE,
              EASTON PA" <LOGANT@LAFAYETT.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: non-generation costs of electricity; Lovins

A week ago Dave Phillips (who also puts in the hours
needed to keep this list running) wrote:

> Proponents of smaller scale power generation (e.g., cogeneration,
>home-solar, etc.) probably have a case on the efficiency front (economic
>plus environmental) when total delivered costs are considered.  In
>other words, costs of transmission of power including power lost in
>the wires and the transmission infrastructure itself eat up a good
>chunk of the total cost of electrical power consumption. I don't have
>the data on this and would appreciate seeing it if someone does.

Some data (from *Soft Energy Paths*, A. Lovins, 1977, p. 88):
"...for the smaller customers...a dollar spent on electricity was
allocated approximately 19% to transmission equipment, 24% to
distribution equipment, 21% to operation and maintenance of all
that equipment (including metering--a small term--and billing)...
and only 29% to electricity.  This seems an undeniable diseconomy
of centralization...."

The figures would vary with location and time; Lovins provides
the sources for his.  The book, deriving from an article in the
journal "Foreign Affairs," presents much data and many arguments
supporting Dave's point.  The book may be wrong, in part or in
the main, but it should be read.

Jeremy Whitlock noted a while ago:
>
>The butter cutting with the chainsaw thing is a hook of Lovins that really
>seems to draw them in.

>With a million dollars (not his, of course) in "soft" energy systems running
>his home, the "Rocky Mtn. Institute", Amory Lovins still plugs himself into
>the power grid.
>
And that is a hook too often employed on this list to make Lovins'
arguments uncredible.  I'd like to move forward -- for instance,
how about a critique of the Lovins domicile that draws on some
thorough reading, attempts some balance?  How about a reading
list of responsible critiques of *Soft Energy Paths*?  - tracy
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:27:52 GMT
Reply-To:     Terence Sommerville <TSOMMER@IRLEARN.UCD.IE>
From:         Terence Sommerville <TSOMMER@IRLEARN.UCD.IE>
Subject:      Chance to help save-preserve rainforest in Belize (Central
              America)

About a year ago I mentioned on this list about the 'Programme for Belize',
which is designed to help save/preserve rainforest in Belize, former British
Hondouras in Central America. For those of  you who missed it I will briefly
outline how you can help.

This is a chance for everyone to put their money where there mouth is, as for
25 pounds sterling you can purchase an acre of rainforest in Belize that will
then become part of a trust which is managed by the 'Programme for Belize'
organisation there. The main office for fund raising are in London. So far they
have bought 110,000 acres for the core area preservation area surrounded by two
parcels of 42,000 and 50,000 acres donated by Coca-Cola Inc as a buffer area
where sustainable forestry will be carried out, (and proceeds used to run the
park). By donating 25 pounds you can help buy more land. The wildlife in the
area/region is very varied and there are over 250 species of birds within the
preservation area. Also pumas, snakes, deer and many other animals live within
the area. Access to the preservation area is strictly controlled but
eco-tourism is being allowed/developed.

This is a fanastic chance to do your bit. I myself already have purchased an
acre. Many business and schools have raised money for it (mainly in UK). For
example B.Airways recently raised over 5000 pounds amongst its staff. There
are  many famous people and societies giving it their backing, including
David Bellamy (famous Botanist) David Attenborough, Friends of the Earth
Greenpeace,  Manomet Bird Obervatory, Smithsonian Instutite and many others.
The government of Belize is also involved. The programme has grown considerably
as there is some research being done, mapping, archaeolgical work on Mayan
sites, education and training programmes for both local and foregin people.

Belize is a small country south of Mexico about the size of Wales, UK, with
a relatively small population. It also has some of the best remaining coral
reefs left in the Gulf of Mexico, (due to the fact that it is being dynamited
elsewhere by fishermen.)

For anyone who would like to find out how to make further queries and or
send donations please e-mail to me (above address) and I will pass on the
information.

Note that payment of credit card is accepted and also purchases may be made
in the form of 'gift' purhcases which are ideal for gifts/presents at any
time (especially handy for Christmas if you can't think of anything.)

I expect at least > 1 reply from this list, otherwise I will lose faith
in the whole idea of this discussion group.

-Terry.
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Subject: Positions Available
Date: 9 Sep 92 08:59:07 GMT
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AIR QUALITY, SOLID WASTE, AND GROUNDWATER
SPECIALISTS

The Research Institute of King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, has several positions
available for scientists and engineers to work on projects in the
fields of air quality, solid and hazardous waste, and
groundwater monitoring and modeling.  Junior and senior
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utilities, and a transportation allowance.  If interested, send a
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Manager, Water Resources and Environment Division,
Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals, Dhahran: 31261, Saudi Arabia, FAX 011-966-3-860-
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Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 10:27:41 EET
Reply-To:     Anne Jakalaniemi <KASV-AJ@FINOU.OULU.FI>
From:         Anne Jakalaniemi <KASV-AJ@FINOU.OULU.FI>
Subject:      POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN BOTANY

Hello|

The postgraduate education is being developed and organized in botany at the
universities of Finland. The international cooperation between universities and
research institutes is very inportant also at postgraduate level. I am the coor
dinator of the postgraduate program in Botany in Finland and so i need to find
much material on postgraduate programs and courses in botany organized all over
the world.
So might you know something about these programs and courses? I would be grate
ful for receiving that kind of information|

Thanks|




Anne Jakalaniemi
Department of Botany
University of Oulu
SF-90570 Oulu

FAX +358 81 5531500
E-MAIL KASV-AJ AT FINOU.OULU.FI
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              EASTON PA" <LOGANT@LAFAYETT.BITNET>
From:         "TRACY LOGAN, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE,
              EASTON PA" <LOGANT@LAFAYETT.BITNET>
Subject:      Questions about a super efficient fridge made in USA

The Arcata refrigerator praised here cuts down CO2 production
(less fossil fuel burned to make the electricity).  How is it as a
ozone protector (refrigerant used)?  The Greenfreeze device, in
Germany, is NOT more efficient than the establishment's,
according to what I have heard -- that is not its strength.
Any of you Californians using an Arcata?    -- tracy
================================================================

(From ECONEWS, Newsletter of the Northcoast Environmental
Center, with permission, via  Student Enviro-Link
                                         <env-link+@andrew.cmu.edu>)

Subject: NEWS & ACTIVISM: Energy-Efficient Refrigerator Makers Excluded
                          Arcata Firm Left In The Cold
by Ron Glick

Sun Frost of Arcata, maker of the world's most energy-efficient
refrigerator, has been frozen out of a national competition to
find an energy-efficient refrigerator.

The contest, organized by a nationwide consortium of utilities
led by PG&E, is so designed that a manufacturer must have
produced 100,000 refrigerators a year for the last four years to
qualify--or have the financial wherewithal and the distribution
network to do so.

This cuts out all but a handful of large American manufacturers,
who already control about 98% of the market and who probably
would not be interested in a $30 million incentive if it means
changing over a $200 million production line.

Ironically enough, Sun Frost already meets the competition
standard for energy efficiency. It also is the only refrigerator
producer in California--and California utilities are providing
the majority of the competition prize, out of ratepayer money.

...Today's models average 900 Kw-H or less. Sun Frost's comparable
machine consumes only 220 Kw-H a year.

...While $30 million means little to a company like General
Electric, which made a $4.4 billion profit last year, to a young
18-employee company like Sun Frost it would mean a new plant and
equipment, wide distribution, a reduction in unit cost--and many
local jobs.

...To let the PUC know how you feel, write to California Public
Utilities Commission, 350 McAllister St.,San Francisco, CA.

(From ECONEWS, Newsletter of the Northcoast Environmental
Center, 879 9th St., Arcata, California 95521, U.S.A., August
1992. Non-profit reprints OK with credit to ECONEWS; we like
to see clips.)
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From:         Lelani Arris <larris@IGC.APC.ORG>
Subject:      Climate Digest & ECIX Newsletter

                  **** ECIX CLIMATE DIGEST ****
                **** ECIX PROJECT NEWSLETTER ****

Now available: Issue #10 of the ECIX Climate Digest and Issue #11
of the ECIX Project Newsletter (September, 1992).

The ECIX Newsletter features an essay on the meaning of roads and
cars in our culture.  We also have our usual lineup of EcoNet
conference highlights and upcoming events.

The Climate Digest includes a special supplement on sustainable
development, a discussion of climate change skeptics, information
on some new publications, a discussion of energy supply as it
relates to sustainable development, and more!

Both newsletters are available via anonymous ftp from IGC.ORG
(192.82.108.1), subdirectory /pub/ECIX.  If you choose to get the
newsletters this way, please send email to me at the address
below, as it is important for continued funding that I be able to
document readership of the publication.

To obtain either the climate digest (60K) or the newsletter (41K),
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 12:31:00 CST
Reply-To:     Diane Sudduth <SUDDUTHDJ@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU>
From:         Diane Sudduth <SUDDUTHDJ@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Industrial Society, Objective of Society

On the 26th Terence Sommerville said:

>Western society is beginning to sound like the old communist regimes where
>all the progaganda talked about were increased production. In the West,
>particulary in the sphere of economics, all that seems to matter is that
>GNP is rising, and stocks and share prices have increased. This is pure
>crap, because to the bulk of the population, it has no net effect on the
>quality of life.

I agree with your statements that this growth trend is unhealthy but
must disagree with the statement on "no net effect on the quality of
life."

To support this mandate of growth, profit-minded companies are
introducing goods with built-in obsolescence.  Clothing is produced
with weak seams that will soon break, the cost of repairing an automobile
excedes the cost of a new one in a few short years.  Often a piece of
quality equiptment has a key component that will fail in a relatively
short time period.  Consumer goods must break to fuel this growth.
We have become a disposable society.

The old adage "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a
path to your door" has been re-written by current economic trend.
"Build a better mousetrap and be out of business in a year.  Build a
cheap one that breaks often and you'll be in business forever."

Diane Sudduth
sudduthdj@sluvca.slu.edu
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From:         Lee Sakkas <URLS@MARISTC.BITNET>
Subject:      James Bay Awareness Concert Cancelled

I am sorry to say that the organizers of the James Bay Awareness
Concert, scheduled for Sept. 12, 1992 - this coming Saturday -
have announced the cancellation of the concert.  If, however,
you would like to make a comment about the James Bay Project,
Gov. Cuomo maintains a comment line that can be reached at:
(518) 474-1041.  The line is answered by a real person who
will record your comment.

Lee Sakkas
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Dear Networkers,
Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, has installed a file server with
information for FREE download.

Among the files stored are cumulative volume indexes for
"Topics in Current Chemistry" and "Structure and Bonding", a
table of contents for the "Landolt-Boernstein Handbook", a
table of contents of the "Enzyme Handbook" (approx. 1200
systematic enzyme names with EC numbers), an interactive demo
for MOBY 1.5, the molecular modelling software distributed by
Springer, and lots of macros for TEX.

News on new titles are regularly updated

Send the message "HELP" to:
     SVSERV@DHDSPRI6.BITNET

Here is a title that might interest you in particular:

R.D. Schmid, Wolfenbttel, FRG
Biotechnology in Japan - a Comprehensive Guide

1991. Approx. 805 pp. 146 figs. 117 tabs. Hardcover DM 348,-
ISBN 3-540-53554-3

This book provides an in-depth insight into Japanese
biotechnology, research policy and the involved private
companies, universities and governmental institutions. It
addresses managers and scientists interested in cooperation
with Japanese researchers and businesses. It is an up-to-date
and complete source of information.

Biotechnology in Japan is a complete guide to economic,
scientific and regulatory aspects of Japanese research centers
and companies. Profiles for more than 400 private Japanese
companies and almost 200 universities and research institutes
are given in great detail. Ministries providing research
guidelines and ongoing research projects are analyzed. The book
is the first comprehensive source in the English language and
is of particular interest to consultants, managers and
researchers seeking cooperation with Japanese partners.

From the Contents: The Industry.- The Ministries.- The Research
Institutes.- The Universities.- Academic Organizations.-
Research Policy and Projects.- Contextual Measures.- Science
Cities and Regional Developments.- Statistical
Data.

For price information outside Germany and for orders please ask
your bookseller

   - For customers in the USA:

     Call TOLLFREE: 1-800-SPRINGE(R) (1-800-777-4643)
     8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. (EST)

     In New Jersey call: 200-348-4033
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From:         Jeremy Whitlock <WHITLOCK@MCMASTER.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Andrew's Wake

Marianne Dugan writes:

  > It would make infinitely more "sense" to go ahead and
  > reimburse the losses only on the condition that they not rebuild
  > in the path of hurricanes.

This would make sense if hurricanes behaved nicely and wiped out a
predetermined landfall every time, but in reality you'd have to discourage
home construction on every island on the seas and along all coastlines (which
would likely cut down on volcano and earthquake deaths as well...).

Not to invite flames, but I've toyed with the idea of human intervention in
order to halt a hurricane in its path, or at least downgrade it a great
deal.  The plan would be to detonate a "clean" nuclear device (ie, an
H-bomb with as little radioactive contamination as possible) in the eye of
the hurricane.  If you get things like altitude and power figured out, the
outgoing pressure wave counteracts the force driving the vortex inwards, and
stops the thing.  Of course you'd never get this idea past Congress...

Jeremy.

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Subject:      Lovins et al

 I wonder if Amory Lovins ever measured the radon level in his home?
 And since this is Mother Nature's gift, there is no one to take a shot
 at.  The resultant radiation exposure from elevated indoor radon levels
 can be many times that from living adjacent to a nuclear plant.  Maybe
 "natural radiation" is benign and only man-made radiation is dangerous?
 In any case solar homes can create other health problems which may be
 more severe than the societal health problems they puport to correct.
 The world is a delicate place, and a solution often creates another
 problem, even with the best of intentions.

 William Condon________________________Ad astra per ardua
 NYS Dept of Health____________________(RAF motto)
 2 University Place
 Albany, NY 12203    (518) 458-6495
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From:         Lelani Arris <larris@IGC.APC.ORG>
Subject:      Re: How to order a 'Greenfreeze/EcoFrid

Just a note of correction - the file on the GREEN FREEZE refrigerator
in the ECIX archives (ftp to igc.org) is called 'greenfrig' and it
can be found in the ftp subdirectory /pub/ECIXfiles, or send me email
for a copy.

Cheers -

Lelani
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