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From: Paul Harris [paul.harris@adelaide.edu.au]
I have just replied to a message about "redefining" the term waste and
this article (in part) tackles another major problem I see facing
integrated biosystems - the fixation most of the population seem to have
with high efficiency, high tech, large scale systems.
My theory is that every system will fail if pushed hard enough, and the
more we try for maximum performance/efficiency the more we have to
"manage"(interfre with) the system as it becomes unstable prior to
failure.
This may all be a bit off topic for the paper and probably spans all the
current discussions but in my opinion the other challenge is the "use
and discard" mentality.
I believe there are very few technical difficulties with "integrated
biosystems" - the real challenge is to change societies attitudes and
mindsets so adoption can follow. Successfull demonstrations are one of
the best ways of doing this, as far as I can see, but we also need to
work on attitudes.
Mr. Paul Harris,
Dept. of Agronomy & Farming Systems,
Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide,
ROSEWORTHY, South Australia, 5371
http://www.roseworthy.adelaide.edu.au/~pharris
E-Mail: paul.harris@adelaide.edu.au
ph +61 8 8303 7880,fx +61 8 8303 7979
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