James,

James Newtons Massmind wrote:
> How about painting your roof with silver paint to reduce heat load in the
> summer?
>   


Because it would reduce my heat gain in the winter?

> Much
> more than half of all imported oil is used to provide fertilizer,
> pesticides, transport, cooling, packaging and distribution of food.
>   


Cite your source, please.


> How about a social web site that shows an overhead picture of your garden
> and invites people to play a "game" of nuking your weeds, complete with CGI
> explosions of the targets. The aggregate result, less protected areas where
> you know there are plants, can direct the robot to weed the area.

Who needs games when there are herbicides and GMOs?  Monsanto gave 
farmers have round-up ready crops, so now you just need round-up ready 
vegis.  Spray it all but only the weeds die!  Right, James?    :)

Aaron
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