Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> Mike Hord wrote:
> 
>>> Per capita energy consumption is an interesting issue. So is the number
>>> of "capitas".
>> Ah, there's the REAL question!
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Watt_society
> 
> "Switzerland itself, currently using an average of around 5,000 watts, was
> last a 2000-watt society in the 1960s."
> 
> When you think about it... are we that much more happy than we would have
> been in 1960 (might have been a bit longer ago in the US :) ?
> 
> What's wrong with living like the Swiss in 1960? Why do we need so much
> more resources now? (I know, the answer is "because we can", but the
> question is more a rhetorical one...)
> 
> Gerhard
> 

Leds.

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