http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world Helping you to get the most out of modern technology and communications since 2004. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:48:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-7767 Harro Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:43:53 +0000 http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world#comment-7767 It actually has to do with government mandates to conserve energy and resources; The 1950's car actually pollute more than modern ones. Also, when efficiency improves generally it means that you get more output for the same amount of input, thus leading to a greater possibility for consumption at the same environmental cost as before. It actually has to do with government mandates to conserve energy and resources; The 1950's car actually pollute more than modern ones. Also, when efficiency improves generally it means that you get more output for the same amount of input, thus leading to a greater possibility for consumption at the same environmental cost as before.

]]> http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-6016 RJ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:46:26 +0000 http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world#comment-6016 Obviously, you need to remember that in Cuba foreigners have access to US levels of consumption because under a communist system of production with no property rights or free exchange, they have 1920's productivity, then, of course they can 'sustain early 20th century levels of waste and pollution, but not development, since according to all statistics (Penn World Tables, HDR 2007) they are living at 70% of what the Cuban living standard were in 1956. And we have no statistics, government or otherwise, about Cuban living standards since the revolution, because they use Block Accounting from the communist era at fixed government prices, rather than costs. Also recall, there are 2 million refugees that without communism, they would be in Cuba. Also the cost of this so called sustainability (of 1920's living standards) came at the cost of 40.000 Cubans executed and families displaced. Right now there are 247 prisoners of conscience because they disagree with their government and were courageous enough to speak up. This Malthusian argument, is long exhausted, recall Malthus said more people are born that we can sustain, technology changed, it did not happened. If you love technology, recall history of technology has only one lesson: progress is not linear but with discreet jumps. Obviously, you need to remember that in Cuba foreigners have access to US levels of consumption because under a communist system of production with no property rights or free exchange, they have 1920′s productivity, then, of course they can ‘sustain early 20th century levels of waste and pollution, but not development, since according to all statistics (Penn World Tables, HDR 2007) they are living at 70% of what the Cuban living standard were in 1956. And we have no statistics, government or otherwise, about Cuban living standards since the revolution, because they use Block Accounting from the communist era at fixed government prices, rather than costs. Also recall, there are 2 million refugees that without communism, they would be in Cuba. Also the cost of this so called sustainability (of 1920′s living standards) came at the cost of 40.000 Cubans executed and families displaced. Right now there are 247 prisoners of conscience because they disagree with their government and were courageous enough to speak up.
This Malthusian argument, is long exhausted, recall Malthus said more people are born that we can sustain, technology changed, it did not happened. If you love technology, recall history of technology has only one lesson: progress is not linear but with discreet jumps.

]]> http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-3080 JC Tue, 27 May 2008 09:53:06 +0000 http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world#comment-3080 You've obviously never been to Cuba. You’ve obviously never been to Cuba.

]]> http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-3077 6 Mon, 26 May 2008 21:10:59 +0000 http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/cuba-the-only-sustainable-developed-country-in-the-world#comment-3077 Cuba has a lot of old things like 1960s cars because of the American embargo which they need to reuse. I'd put that as the biggest reason. Cuba has a lot of old things like 1960s cars because of the American embargo which they need to reuse. I’d put that as the biggest reason.

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