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Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND



On Mon, 25 Nov 1996 16:13:35 -0500, Thomas Sheridan
<sligo@interport.net> wrote:

>Hello 
>
>I have a small farmhouse in the west of Ireland that sits on an 0.5 
>arces of good land. I an very new to sustainable living and I am very 
>interested in fnding alternatives to 20th century wasterful 
>lifestyles. I suspect there are many experts in green living out there 
>who could give me a few pointers in the folling subjects:
 
The reason there are so many Irish in North America is that Ireland
has demonstrated how sustainable agriculture works under Irish
conditions with pre-industrial agricultural technology: it doesn't.
It produces horrible famine.
 
On half an acre I'd think it would need _very_ high technology to
produce a decent living: climate controlled lab conditions, basically;
probably with electric lighting on the levels that don't get direct
sunlight.
 
                                       Cheers,
 
                                               -dlj.



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