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Cow Poop creates electricity!

AGRICULTURE / 270 cows generating electricity for farm / Methane digester also breaks down waste

Now that's what I call sustainable. There's always going to be shit available.

The United States Versus America

Here's an interesting idea: the big problem is that the United States of America is based on a deeply flawed document- The Constitution. I always thought that bad things happened when laws were unconstitutional. I guess the framers had it all wrong.

WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: The Transcommercial Enterprise

This is the article that I read after reading "From here to Economy" ,that made me feel more hopeful. It's long, but if nothing else, I just want to point out that the blog it's on is great and quite worth following.

Grist | Main Dish | From here to economy | 23 Apr 2004

This article debates whether Capitalism is reformable, or whether only a socialist economy can take the environment into account. My first reaction was to think the debate is pointless, that neither option is ever going to be attempted, that we're screwed.

But on further thought and some other readings, I have to admit that between the two options, I find the reformation of capitalism more hopeful and realistic, far fetched as that reformative hope might be.