tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post8783153032174902086..comments2023-04-13T01:47:12.191-07:00Comments on Achieving Sustainability: Sustainable Christmas?Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-64564460492497704672008-01-01T12:57:00.000-08:002008-01-01T12:57:00.000-08:00Agreed. There are bigger fish to fry. I'll give u...Agreed. There are bigger fish to fry. I'll give up the Channukah C when we get to it if you'll go LED, but let's work on getting rid of our cars first.<BR/><BR/>daveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-54642121564857566352008-01-01T10:51:00.000-08:002008-01-01T10:51:00.000-08:00Sure, this post was about Christmas lights (which ...Sure, this post was about Christmas lights (which twinkle, by the way, because they are a very small point source that gets interrupted (by things like branches, fences, other light strings) as you move past them, making them seem prettier-unlike LED lights, which seem to have a larger light source), but it was really about the bigger picture... Because we're looking around for stuff to change, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-24970461539701766232007-12-30T21:41:00.001-08:002007-12-30T21:41:00.001-08:00Oh also, please call me for the next St Swithens D...Oh also, please call me for the next St Swithens Day event. Sounds like a hootenanny.<BR/><BR/>daveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-44351649696411469352007-12-30T21:41:00.000-08:002007-12-30T21:41:00.000-08:00Ok Duane, let's put this in perspective shall we, ...Ok Duane, let's put this in perspective shall we, they're Christams lights! We're not talking menorahs or dreidels here....hah...I kid because i love.<BR/><BR/>I must admit your comment had me a bit confused but I did enjoy the fact that sitting in an idling car for hours watching electric lights was not lost on you. That said, I'm not sure what you mean by twinkling. If you mean blinking, it Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-65229808986020035392007-12-26T21:11:00.000-08:002007-12-26T21:11:00.000-08:00Last night I went to what may be one of the least ...Last night I went to what may be one of the least sustainable events I've been to in a long time... short of the annual "Bottled Water Drinking Competition" which we use to celebrate St. Swithen's Day every year... the Los Angeles DWP "Festival of Lights"... basically they just open up the electricity faucets and let it spill on the ground while hundreds of cars line up and effectively idle for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-9967317226686552712007-12-23T09:50:00.000-08:002007-12-23T09:50:00.000-08:00Set on fire? Another piece of the Duane puzzle exp...Set on fire? Another piece of the Duane puzzle exposed.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-13131770339021601822007-12-22T08:34:00.000-08:002007-12-22T08:34:00.000-08:00Ya... we've got a few wasteful holidays...Hallowee...Ya... we've got a few wasteful holidays...Halloween's up there... entire fields plowed and watered to grow a vegetable that most people carve up, set on fire, then throw away uneaten.<BR/><BR/>Love the idea of gifting in cotton shopping bags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com