Wpkn Community Radio

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org Host: Duo Dickinson We are in the time of Tear Downs, Again. And yet feel good, virtue signalling, of 8,000 square foot “Green” homes and $80,000 electric cars simultaneously tell us we are being good stewards of our world. The oxymoron of a new millennium’s religion of “sustainability” and the never ending growth in size and cost of the American Home has always been part of our culture. It is so basic as to be be cliche: “It if ain’t broke don’t fix it.” But we tear down endless viable buildings, throwing away all the energy in them, toxic waste and spending the carbon to make all the parts and build the new building. This is nuts, and people have devoted their lives to offering an alternative to our throw away culture. Joe DeRisi created Urbanminers, Klass Armster has created Armster Reclaimed Lumber and John Hiden is part of Mongers Market: they are walking the talk where others cynically market “Green” as a vehicle for profitting from our hu