Interesting Reads
Jul. 26th, 2007 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenAC isn't the only way to cool a building:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19934187/
The system is a combination of mechanical cooling and... ice.
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Okay, so of course I don't always agree with what the Pope says (not being Catholic, among other things)... which made this news item on the Pope talking about creationism vs. evolution and on the environment a pleasant surprise.
Good stuff on both, but especially liked these:
and
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19934187/
The system is a combination of mechanical cooling and... ice.
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Okay, so of course I don't always agree with what the Pope says (not being Catholic, among other things)... which made this news item on the Pope talking about creationism vs. evolution and on the environment a pleasant surprise.
Good stuff on both, but especially liked these:
“We all see that today man can destroy the foundation of his existence, his Earth,” he said in a closed door meeting with 400 priests on Tuesday. A full transcript of the two-hour event was issued on Wednesday.
“We cannot simply do what we want with this Earth of ours, with what has been entrusted to us,” said the pope, who has been spending his time reading and walking in the scenic landscape bordering Austria.
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The pope, leader of some 1.1 billion Roman Catholics worldwide, said: “We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive.”
“This obedience to the voice of the Earth is more important for our future happiness ... than the desires of the moment. Our Earth is talking to us and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive,” he said.
