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The Way of the Future

Posted in Environment, Sustainability on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is certainly the upside of peak oil. What will they think of next?

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Modernity Ain’t All That Bad

Posted in Misc., Sustainability on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »

For the past couple days we have been having problems with our hot water. The heater broke, we have replaced parts but have not hit the jackpot until this morning. Turns out there was a recall on the lower thermometer that led to problems in the upper. Both need to be replaced. A new afternoon [...]

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Caleb’s Review at ISI’s First Principles

Posted in Conservatism, Sustainability, localism on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Caleb’s review of Jason Peters, ed. Wendell Berry: Life and Work If you have not done so already, you really need to bookmark First Principles. It is the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s new web journal. ISI should really start a blog. Maybe they could get Caleb to be a regular. I would tune in daily.

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Our Agrarian Paradise

Posted in Conservatism, Environment, Sustainability, localism on February 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I am so glad to live in Walworth New York. Wayne County New York is an agrarian paradise. During the summer the road sides are dotted with small farm stands standing in front of handsome old farm houses. Pick up your fruits and veggies put your money in a little box and you are on [...]

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Meats of Woe

Posted in Conservatism, Environment, Humane economics, Natural Law, Sustainability, localism on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Industrial and farming are two words that should never be in the same sentence except by way of contrast. Kinda like the words industrial and ecclesiastical. Mega-churches with cheap salvation. Mega-meats with cheap chicken. Everyone once in a while a news story offers a warning about the dangers, even the sins, of industrial farming practices [...]

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A Conservative Environmental Hope?

Posted in 2008 Politics, Environment, Sustainability on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Governor Mark Sanford would be a welcome addition to the Republican 2008 Presidential Ticket. A rock ribbed conservative, Sanford’s voting record as a congressman was nearly as fiscally conservative as Ron Paul’s (often they were the only nay votes). One of the few bright spots visible within the near future of the Right, Sanford also [...]

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Conservatives and the Environmental Question

Posted in Environment, Sustainability on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Excellent book review at University Bookman.

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Berry: Christianity and the Survival of Creation

Posted in Environment, Sustainability on February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This article, entitled Christianity and the Survival of Creation, by Wendell Berry is well worth reading and considering in light of our global warming discussions. Here is the conclusion: Despite its protests to the contrary, modern Christianity has become willy-nilly the religion of the state and the economic status quo. Because it has been so [...]

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More Random Thoughts on Global Warming

Posted in Environment, Sustainability on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I suspect that climate change is being influenced by human activity. I also suspect that their are many other causes of climate change that are perfectly natural, not all of which are fully understood at this point in history. Further, I am skeptical of attempts by the government to change the weather. They do not [...]

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Is Global Warming More Than Hot Air?

Posted in Environment, Sustainability on February 15, 2008 | 13 Comments »

This month’s Reformed Presbyterian Witness, DRC’s mother institution, highlights the continuing debate over “global warming.” Witness articles are not on-line but a link to a paper from Cal Beisner’s Cornwall Alliance provides a negative assessment of the claims associated with the global warming “consensus.” Dr. Beisner’s Witness article essential reviews and updates the linked paper. [...]

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