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We have a family of Liberians who are refugees that have come into our church. The kids are baffled by the way everyone sits still during the music.Yah, when we visited some Christians we know in Ghana awhile back, they really enjoyed their music. It was a lot of fun. But, those Scandinavian Lutherans are just not quite the same. Not bad necessarily, but certainly different.
My Godmother's church is partnered with Resurection Church in Roxbury, Mass. That church is wild on High Festival/Holy Days from what I hear. My Aunt's church is a small, Scandinavian Church that is very staid. WOuld love to see the exchange part.
or similar commentary have to do with energy? 
They used to be able to reply with "the Irish Miracle." Oh well.Another unflattering post of conservatism that will probably earn me a future snark without any relationship to the existing topic.
Forget investing in alternatives. We need to invest in infrastructure and city planning that is actually designed for low energy use. I just got back from a week-long business trip to China, to a factory where 95% of the 20,000 workers commute twice daily (they go home for lunch) by bicycle. I think they'll be a teeny bit more prepared for the post-petroleum world than say, Atlanta or Dallas... Alternatives are not going to sustain the current US standard of living regardless of how much we "invest" in them.
Factories, mines, and railroads built their own cities. It makes sense since the US is now a consumer rather than an industrial economy.
I agree that it isn't going to happen by government fiat (after all, although the government may be odd and demented, it is, at the end of the day, just an extension of us). However, it *could* happen by government fiat. Just stop issuing permits for low density single family housing developments. Issue permits only for high rise mixed use apartment buildings of greater than 10 stories and let the markets sort it out from there - a perfect combination of active government intervention and the invisible hand.
An Electrician can get into trouble in some of those "factory" built towns or neighborhoods. They have industrial voltages in some of them, not just your basic 120 /240. Walmart towns would have to be built by China and shipped here, would fall apart after one open and closed the front door 12 times
If Buffet were really serious, he ought to donate the difference between what he pays in taxes and what he thinks he should pay, to charity or something. Talk is cheap, though I guess talk is better than nothing, a little.
