Re: More on Ecological Economics.

From: Sigvaldi Eggertsson (sigvald_at_binet.is)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: 22 Jun 2004 02:40:11 -0700

"Ian St. John" <istjohn@noemail.ca> wrote in message news:<EjHBc.5695$Nz.555449@news20.bellglobal.com>...

> Actually, I have an excellent presentation from "The Learning Channel" on
> the issue. Would you like a copy? Mostly it is the equivalent of "district
> heating' for both housing heat and domestic hot water. The concentration of
> citizenry in Reykjavik helps. However, all electricity, portable fuels, etc
> are separate from the house heating issue.

Icelanders are not all concentrated in Reykjavík, geothermal heating
is used all over Iceland to heat buildings, greenhouses, sidewalks and
the occasional streets and in Reykjavík and the Suðurnes area the same
water that is used for domestic heating is also used to generate
electricity, so the electricity is not seperate to the house heating
issue.

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