tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post413708109797246546..comments2023-12-22T08:42:36.132+00:00Comments on Gaian Economics: Don't Get Caught on the ReboundMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12845612174674783187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-12694066754112077412010-02-12T11:39:02.167+00:002010-02-12T11:39:02.167+00:00One vital tool in getting the critical mass of the...One vital tool in getting the critical mass of the populace to take an interest in understanding the scale of the changes they personally need to be involved in making is Real Information. Who produces this information and how it is paid for so that it is distributed via popular media and kept unbiased is the big unanswered question. We are so used to having to mentally filter out most of the hyped marketing and political spin blabber being sent at us and so are so distrustful of these sources of "information" (or progaganda) its difficult for us to trust any source. Yet the task ahead cannot be greater than it is and the messages on how to combat its effects are already overdue.<br />Rebound effects are natures way of humans using a new advantage to meet their previously unattainable desires despite, in this case, positive changes being made possible. I think most of this ignorance is because we have no real idea of how thin the crust that we all live on really is and that like a floating ice sheet its thinning fast. Again real information is needed and the self interested claptrap spitting media brigade need to be the ones who are ignored for a change. Ahhh a pig just flew past my window .........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-8557758406806253822010-02-10T11:12:18.403+00:002010-02-10T11:12:18.403+00:00Very informative blog and great (if distressing at...Very informative blog and great (if distressing at times!) food for thought. Other examples of the rebound effect I've seen/ heard: "I do lots of recycling so I deserve a weekend off to Spain" or people buying more power hungry gadgets with the money first saved on the electricity bill when insulating (but will ultimately end up higher due to gadgets power use...a bit like going on a diet: regularly ending up weighing more than before you started the diet...). My 2p. In peace, RianneMs R.C. ten Veenhttp://www.greencreation.infonoreply@blogger.com