Re: DIG-L: a note on "philosophical" vs. "technical" discussions

[doelle <doelle@ozemail.com.au>]

Dear Lowell and Paul,

The reason for the photovoltaic program being preferred is, in my opinion, that photovoltaic is "modern" and "fashionable" as well as in the interest of many research institutes and, do not forget, engineers pushing it.
The sun comes from high above and NASA is looking into the stars.

As far as digesters are concerned, you read Chuck Steiners view, that it is an old method, probably smells and has to do with wastes.

It is simple PSYCHOLOGY !!!

Please do not get me wrong, I am not against the photovolatic program, in contrary I am for sunenergy utilisation, as we have it here in Queensland as a very popular source of energy. 
It is just amazing what lobbying groups can achieve.
Horst

At 03:00  21/02/00 -0500, you wrote:
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>paul.harris@adelaide.edu.au (Paul Harris) said:
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>>Welcome Lowell, I think a good thing about this list is that by each
>>making a small contribution we can all be a big help. Have you noticed
>>an increase in traffic? Maybe we are reaching a point where we can
>>progress from the mainly technical (which HAS to be fairly right before
>>we start to push ahead with publicity) to a wider discussion including
>>politics, economics (damm them) and philosophy.
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>Hi Paul,
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>Yes, I find there is no lack of academic knowledge of digesters in this
>group and that methane production makes total sense but I think much more
>work needs to be done in informing the general public about the
>feasibility of actually implementing the technology on a wide spread scale
>in the USA. 
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>For example:
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>DOE and Clinton recently started a new photovoltaics program called "One
>Million Solar Roofs", in which they are attempting to get 1,000,000 pv
>systems installed in the USA within the next couple of years. 
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>Why hasn't anaerobic digesters with methane production received that kind
>of support? If you can answer that question and then solve the
>impediments, we will be on our way to truly developing a "sustainable"
>approach in the USA, towards the management of our resources. 
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