April 2008
10 posts
designing policy
from gabe - Dr. Norton, Hello. I attended your lecture this evening on the consideration of scale when crafting policy that strives to achieve sustainability. It was compelling and I am happy I had the opportunity to attend. I was hoping I could ask a question of you that occurred to me tonight as I was recounting the lecture. I find the idea of experimentalism and adaptive management in...
antipliances
from gary - the box fan in my window is spinning due to wind (it is not turned on). can we make a tiny wind-powered generator to fit into windows? ———————— from gabe - absolutely. i have lots of ideas for mini power generators for the home. like one that gets installed in the drain pipe from your shower. gravity makes the water fall, it turns an...
Collecting Data
Professor Brown, I enjoyed the lecture you gave today as part of the SOS lecture series on “The Fifth Fuel - Energy Efficiency”. There certainly is a lot of work to be done. I have a question I’m hoping you might be able to answer. There certainly are many studies showing the savings in carbon and in money of improving how refrigerators work, or the R value of insulation used...
Shoomarang
—————- from gary - glands. can you design a shoe for a kid’s shoe subscription service? parents can sign up and they get a pair of shoes that they can trade up in size as kids grow. i think there can be just one style/color that all the shoes are so that it has a strong recognizability-factor. i want it to become all-the-range among young eco-conscious parents....
