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Idea by JosieLori
Level (2)
Entered: 11/18/2000 12:48:56 PM
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Idea Description
When they build houses, they usually have a pipe that carries in water and
another pipe that carries sewage out. This is an example of what economists
call "negative externalities". There should be both inputs and outputs for
both commodities. And a requirements that each output be "cleaner" than its
corresponding input. If you don't like the idea of the public sector imposing
requirements on land developers, then let it be a requirement imposed by the
architect on the contractor. Preferable to purify the fluids using free
energy (free meaning you don't have to pay, of course) such as solar stills,
nitrifying/denitrifying rbc's (rotating biological contactors), etc. Also,
outputs should be at a higher elevation (potential energy=elevation times
weight) than inputs. Perhaps this could be accomplished with pumps powered by
photovoltaic cells. Then there are other utilities, such as lines carrying
electric power, methane from compost, .pubwan, large-dish TV converted to CATV
freq's, etc., etc., etc. Now imagine whole subdivisions of homes and
commercial buildings designed to "carry their own weight", with outputs
connected to their neighbors' inputs, and vice versa.
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