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11/28/10
ENERGY iPod—Sine sole sileo (Without sun I am silent)
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Posted by: @ 12:48 pm

Revised a piece in THE LITTLE CLAVIER.
More in line with my motto, I hope:
Strong, simple, bold, clear, lines . . .

ENERGY iPod

Sine sole sileo
(Without sun I am silent)

Imagine a handy little device you could put in your
pocket, one that condenses and stores, instead
of an entire library’s worth of information,
an entire household’s worth of kilowatts.
Energy solely from the Sun. Is this possible?
Why not? If the whole of Shakespeare can be
condensed to the head of a pin, so might the
whole of Tesla or Einstein.

The only thing missing, it seems to me, is a clear
perception of necessity, of the ethical imperative
of a change of direction. Once we see with absolute
clarity that the current fossil fuel path is taking us
straight into a new dark age of shortages, pollution, climate
chaos, and resource wars, we will see that we have no
alternative but to resolutely change course, and follow the
way of the Sun. What could be more beautiful than that?

Page is at:
http://picture-poems.com/photoweek/sun-charge_7-16-09.html

First day of new snow in Eagle Valley. Just a dusting here;
perhaps 40 cm. at 1600 m., tapering off by 30% or more
moving from South to North across the Wallowas.
Wind from North.

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The Latin epigram above, Sine sole sileo (Without the
Sun I am silent), was used originally on sundials.

Now, it might make a good epigram for an entire
culture.

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