What accomplishments do you, Bee, think you have seen that has taken us closer to having solar toilets than we were a year ago?
Dale B. Dalrymple
A year ago? Accomplishments that I have seen? A year a is very short time when it comes to the mechanism of change. I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by George's reaction to the latest report that SN posted for him. It moved George to reconsider some of his earlier negative responses to the idea of solar toilets of any form (with good cause based on 'imperical' evidence of the past)Change comes in small bites and at times, sudden broad-sweeping turnarounds.
At risk of introducing a subject that is unrelated to this topic (
used to demonstrate unlikely change, only), I would point out that the subject of same-sex marriage in Supreme Court cases would have been verboten a few years ago -- or maybe even one year ago; however, the winds of change had been blowing long before the cases appeared, as folks worked quietly(and not so quietly) behind the scenes. Change requires effort -- silent and unseen to much of the masses -- with the understanding that the payout may not come as quick as we all desire.(I am sure that a lot of folk in the Civil Rights Movement were asking many of the same questions about their efforts and slow pace of change)
