tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post527560243313351383..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: "Sustainable" is a social, not an individual, adjectiveEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-31496523750688756732012-07-17T15:11:59.730-04:002012-07-17T15:11:59.730-04:00Having lived in Hawai'i, I think it is pretty ...Having lived in Hawai'i, I think it is pretty easy to live sustainably there. (You do want to stock up on toilet paper, though, in case of a shipping strike. ;)) You don't need a greenhouse, and solar panels, although perhaps expensive to install, provide cheap electricity. And it is very easy to grow stuff in the volcanic soil. If you don't grow your own food, you are vulnerable, though, because Hawai'i grows for export and does not produce enough food commercially for its population. You can't live on sugar cane and pineapples alone. ;)Minnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-12296835031649269942012-07-17T09:18:44.526-04:002012-07-17T09:18:44.526-04:00Yep. We're big zombie movie fans.Yep. We're big zombie movie fans.Daniel Kuehnhttp://www.factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-69865486521549176192012-07-17T08:47:25.242-04:002012-07-17T08:47:25.242-04:00Speaking of the term "sustainable", Dani...Speaking of the term "sustainable", Daniel Kuehn, did you ever take a class in environmental economics or ecological economics? What is your opinion of those divisions of economics?Blue Aurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044362251868221897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-49323468860951556212012-07-17T08:38:22.684-04:002012-07-17T08:38:22.684-04:00DK: So you admit that you actually BOUGHT Zombiel...DK: So you admit that you actually <b>BOUGHT</b> <i>Zombieland</i>?Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-61341388310194211002012-07-17T08:14:03.914-04:002012-07-17T08:14:03.914-04:00Any economist who ever made an argument on the bas...<i>Any economist who ever made an argument on the basis of something like a steady state and intertemporal maximization should be fairly friendly to the sustainability movement (that includes you ERE peddling Austrians). That's really the only point of it: making sure that we can do in the future what we're doing now. It's good stuff.</i><br /><br />I realize you're just making a joke, Daniel, but the Austrians by no means "peddle" the ERE or hold it up as some sort of ideal. In fact, Mises spends a lot of time explaining that it is internally contradictory. So no, Austrians don't "peddle" it.<br /><br />A better example might be Hayek and Mises' discussions of the maintenance of the capital stock. They don't come right out and say, "It is optimal to never consume principal," but it's a lot closer than saying they peddle the ERE.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com