Comments on: Lester Brown – conservation, not ethanol http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/19/lester-brown-conservation-not-ethanol/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Annaliis http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/19/lester-brown-conservation-not-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-71542 Annaliis Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:19:20 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1046#comment-71542 well, it's easy to be practicing conservation in some places- I don't think holding Iceland out as a shining beacon to follow is sound, though. Having just returned (and I LOVE the place) I can attest to the fact that there are just 300,000 people living there- in a region bigger than new england- and it has been blessed, if you will, with plenty of resources for geothermal heating (to wit, VOLCANOES). It's not that hard to provide sulfur-smelling hot water and thus heat to a population of 300,000, especially when 200,000 are concentrated in one city, when you have as many volcanoes, etc., as you do in that country. Anyway, loved Iceland. I don't disagree with the nature of the argument, just find that it's disingenuous to use straw men to prove the point... well, it’s easy to be practicing conservation in some places- I don’t think holding Iceland out as a shining beacon to follow is sound, though. Having just returned (and I LOVE the place) I can attest to the fact that there are just 300,000 people living there- in a region bigger than new england- and it has been blessed, if you will, with plenty of resources for geothermal heating (to wit, VOLCANOES). It’s not that hard to provide sulfur-smelling hot water and thus heat to a population of 300,000, especially when 200,000 are concentrated in one city, when you have as many volcanoes, etc., as you do in that country.

Anyway, loved Iceland. I don’t disagree with the nature of the argument, just find that it’s disingenuous to use straw men to prove the point…

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