Posted by no spam on June 4, 2007, 11:12 am
>>> My farmer friend Barry grows about 50 acres of tomatoes and corn and
>>> other
>>> vegetables and sells them at a roadside stand in summertime. Does this
>>> fail
>>> to scale because he doesn't also sell corn in wintertime, or because he
>>> doesn't sell oranges, or because he doesn't have 3,000 vegetable stands?
>>> :-)
>>
>> if i understand the complaint correctly, it is that the local
>>vegetables actually are more expensive than the trucked in ones...
> They are, but nobody's complaining about that. Corn picked 5 minutes ago
> tastes better than faraway corn, and the lower embodied energy makes you
> feel ecological *all over*.
True, which is why frozen corn taste better than the 'fresh' stuff you get
at the local market. The from field to freezer time is much shorter than
the field to storage to market shelf.
Posted by wmbjk on June 4, 2007, 8:28 pm
On 3 Jun 2007 15:38:18 -0400, nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu wrote:
>Can't we save the world in small pieces?
Kind of. We're already at the point where most can't drive a stick
shift or change a faucet washer . So even a little of the most basic
education can go a long way. For example, some years back a guy asked
me if his new drill press could handle steel or if was limited to
drilling wood. There's a lot of low-hanging fruit. ;-)
>In reinventing the wheel, Steve may invent something new
Great if he does but still great if he doesn't. Most readers of sites
like Steve's aren't looking for new inventions. They want to see
proven projects they can relate to and maybe even build.
Wayne
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>>> other
>>> vegetables and sells them at a roadside stand in summertime. Does this
>>> fail
>>> to scale because he doesn't also sell corn in wintertime, or because he
>>> doesn't sell oranges, or because he doesn't have 3,000 vegetable stands?
>>> :-)
>>
>> if i understand the complaint correctly, it is that the local
>>vegetables actually are more expensive than the trucked in ones...
> They are, but nobody's complaining about that. Corn picked 5 minutes ago
> tastes better than faraway corn, and the lower embodied energy makes you
> feel ecological *all over*.